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...ironic that it was President George H.W. Bush who endorsed the amendments to the Clean Air Act in 1990 that allowed the market to demonstrate its efficiency in dealing with air pollution, and yet it's the current President Bush who fights against applying that proven model to tackling climate change. Markets can and do solve public-sector problems. They have raised more people out of poverty than all the aid ever given. Yet anticapitalist climate cultists and the current White House persist in their condemnation of market-driven, business-based solutions to global warming...
...also on the team. “He’s just AJ, he just takes it upon himself and does a great job of it.” Tennant’s rave reviews are not limited to any one group of people, as proven by the classmates who voted him first marshal of the Class of 2008, by a “pretty sizeable victory,” according to Harvard Alumni Affairs and Development official Alexandra Monti in a Dec. 10, 2007 article on itemlive.com. So what does this well-loved, business-savvy student aspire...
Only a true leader can turn an age-old adage on its head. While actions are thought to speak louder than words, Natasha S. Alford ’08 has proven the power of words to spur action. Growing up, Alford attended an inner-city high school in Syracuse, N.Y. where she became known for achievements in oratory competition. Unable to find a formal outlet at Harvard for her love of language, she decided to instead use her speech-making skills to help give voice to the causes she cares about. One of the inaugural interns at the Women?...
...stole the idea behind Facebook from them. The crown jewel of the 02138 postings is Zuckerberg’s application, a hand-written (what happened to tech savvy?) document, in which Zuckerberg reveals his passion for fencing. “Amidst a hectic week of work, fencing has always proven to be the perfect medium; for it is both social and sport, mental and athletic, and controlled yet sometimes undisciplined,” wrote Zuckerberg in response to the prompt asking about his most meaningful activity. What does Zuckerberg’s essay reveal (besides the fact he took geekiness...
...comp. But they hate talking about it. And this is why the revelation of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s college application by 02138 Magazine seems like such a violation. His earnest, hand-written insistence that “Amidst a hectic week of work, fencing has always proven to be the perfect medium,” provokes a knowing grimace. “It is both social and sport,” Zuckerberg continues, warming to his subject, “mental and athletic, and controlled yet sometimes undisciplined. Whether I am competing against a rival...