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“Harvard came up in a couple of the stories,” Golden said. “[At Harvard] there is a sizeable proportion of legacies. The people who fall under this category are more likely to be white and get treated differently.”
But a strange thing has happened since Sept. 11. Moore and some of his counterparts in other rural and small states have become convinced that their turf is just as threatened as Washington, New York and Chicago. One recent morning, Moore rattled off his doomsday scenarios: "We have two major...
90% Proportion of Americans who agreed with a House of Representatives vote last week to block obesity lawsuits against food manufacturers
17% Proportion of Americans who think it's O.K. to cheat on their income tax, up from 11% five years ago
“If Harvard can afford to pay $107.5 million to six fund managers this year, Harvard can find the funds to make college education more affordable in fundamental ways, benefiting a far larger proportion of students,” they wrote.