Word: rand
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...Jack Johnson whom Burns and Ward reveal was less a civil rights crusader than an Ayn Rand protagonist: a stubborn individualist who refused to be bound by society's rules or by any group's claim on him. He didn't merely want to transcend second-class status; he seemed to believe his talent placed him in a class above all. Blackness captures how tragically he was proved wrong--and how exhilaratingly, for moments in the ring, he proved himself right. --By James Poniewozik
...flat map. The once widely accepted version by the Flemish Gerardus Mercator, for example, distorted Greenland to appear four times its actual size. In 1963, by focusing on aesthetics--and only later incorporating a mathematical formula--he devised a projection that became the basis for world maps by Rand McNally and many federal agencies...
...retirement ages, increase labor participation rates and encourage the immigration of skilled workers. But politicians have been more bashful when it comes to urging people to have more babies. Low birth rates "will have a major impact on Europe's economic future," says Jonathan Grant, director of independent thinktank RAND Europe's Cambridge office and principal author of a study of European fertility released last year. "But there's a disconnect between the cycle of political elections and the generational cycle of demographics. That's one reason politicians haven't been willing to expend a lot of political capital...
...quick fix. "We need to get back to two children per family," he says. "But even if we were able to do that, our population would continue to decline for decades because we've got an old population, and that means a higher death rate." Last year's RAND study found that countries that invest in policies to make it easier to have and raise children tend to have higher fertility rates than those that don't. The parade example is France, which after Ireland has the highest rate in Europe, 1.89. "France has always had a strong family policy...
Come Nov. 2, Prouty, Rand, Lang and the rest of the nation will decide whether they’ll be sharing the inauguration stage with Kerry, or no more than a pub pint...