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...throw himself into it,” Crespo said. Paul H. Rubin, an economics professor at Emory who advised Allen on his undergraduate thesis, said his former student was always “self-assured, confident, and seemed to know what he was doing.” Rubin was quick to tout the motivation and independence that characterized Allen’s thesis work. “He came up with the idea himself, and my supervision consisted of mainly suggesting different methods of analysis,” Rubin said. Crespo cited these same characteristics as reasons for Allen?...
...religious persuasion, educational achievement, or professional choices were anomalous given his Indian heritage is not required for Ms. Sequeira to make her central point. And somewhat humorously, a bit of research about Christianity in India, a visit to the Brown and Oxford campuses, and perhaps most tellingly, a quick tour of almost any McKinsey office in the U.S. would almost certainly reveal the irony therein...
...with virtually all public-health problems, a major hurdle to reducing smoking, the study said, is lack of public education. People are not fully aware of the hazards of smoking, and it's a weakness that the tobacco industry is quick to exploit, Bettcher said. A recent Chinese study found that "only 25% of the Chinese population knew tobacco was bad for their health," he explained. Warnings should be bolder and scarier, said Bloomberg. Other countries put skull and crossbones symbols or photographs of blackened lungs on their cigarette packs, he said, and the U.S should follow suit...
...Though interested readers may find similarities between the content covered in various underdog magazines and what appears in the pages of the Big Three, those looking to contribute to the publications are quick to discover a striking contrast between the two spheres. The abandonment of the “comp,” or requisite trial period for prospective members, presents a notable distinction...
...faux-Victorian, theatrical aesthetic embodied most prominently in the U.S. by The Arcade Fire—think old-timey machines, flickering projector light, and skeletons in top hats. The song is shameless in its attempts to inspire, with soaring lyrics like “Everybody gets knocked down / How quick are you gonna get up?”, but I am only slightly embarrassed to admit that it has been added to my YouTube playlist. That’s the thing, though. As gorgeous and ornate as the video is, it’s the song that really matters...