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...spring. Professor Pritchett, and his views on migration, are often seen as radical by other economists: Jeffrey Sachs notes that migration “will never substitute for economic development at home.” But Pritchett is one of the few who has explored how big of a punch higher immigration rates can pack. In a recent book, Pritchett cites a 2005 World Bank study which claims that if the 30 developed countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) permit just a 3 percent rise in immigration, the gains to citizens in developing countries would...
...make sure you can hear me,” he explained. In the movie, the scene ends with Hammond’s melancholy summary of the ice cream and the park itself: “I spared no expense.” Schrader instead delivered this as a vaudevillian punch line, holding out his cane and smiling as the stage went black.The energetic, ad-libbing cast makes the show a joy. Doomsaying beatnik Ian Malcolm (Mason Ross) punctuated pauses by jiggling his head and muttering inaudibly. Lex (April Camlin), the hyper-annoying computer nerd, carried her character?...
...very small country. In one sense, there's a limited sphere of influence. You could see it with the G20 in Washington: Australia was involved, New Zealand wasn't. That said, the view of New Zealand as a small but honest player gives it the ability to punch above its weight from time to time, and I'd continue to want to do that...
...First, they have to be totally up to speed to make sure that some blogger or newspaper competitor hasn't already made the point or reported the factlet that they intend to write about. Second, they have to be fast, fast, fast to beat that other fellow to the punch. This has always been true in journalism and used to be considered part of the fun. But it's less fun when half the people in the world could now be that other fellow...
...Harvard offense for the second straight year and picked up a place on the All-Ivy First Team along the way. And in August, freshman Melanie Baskind arrived on Harvard’s campus to combine with Sheeleigh for the league’s most formidable 1-2 punch...