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...page guidebook Marc Zawel, a first-time author and recent graduate of Cornell University, claims that he has consulted “the people who know best.” There is a system to be beat, so why shouldn’t Ivy Leaguers be the ones to reap the benefits of the million-dollar industry that has developed around the frenzy of college admissions? Prospective applicants might benefit from the book’s “key insights” on applying or they might not, but current students are not likely to find much...
...minority, which dominated Iraqi politics under Saddam, into the Cabinet. Al-Jaafari also pushed to bring in Sunnis to help write the constitution. While al-Jaafari stops short of welcoming Baathists back into the government, his actions, say Western diplomats, have brought Sunni politicians into the fold and may reap benefits including broader participation in the Dec. 15 elections. But each step, al-Jaafari says, is a huge exercise...
Just because you'll be paying a lot more for heating oil andelectricity this winter doesn't mean you'll reap a windfall by investing in stocks of companies in those businesses. Most energy-related stocks have doubled over the past few years, fed by soaring oil prices. For them to move much higher, oil--which has been edging lower of late--would have to resume its upward trend. Which it may. Wall Street heavyweight Goldman Sachs raised the specter of oil at $100 per bbl. even before hurricanes Katrina and Rita disrupted supply lines and briefly pushed...
...what made her sick were side effects of the most commonly prescribed class of antidepressants, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). A pharmaceutical phenomenon that began with fluoxetine (Prozac) in the late 1980s, the SSRIs rode a wave of gushing publicity to usurp the older antidepressants, the tricyclics, and reap a fortune for their makers: worldwide sales now exceed $20 billion a year. But the honeymoon is over. Even doctors who swear by SSRIs and newer variants concede that 1-2% of patients have a severe negative reaction to these drugs. That's a small percentage...
...might infringe on a thriving social life. But lacking mature resolve to do what is morally right is not a pardon; it is pathetic.I am able to come down on the “right” side of the debate at the dinner table, yet I still reap the benefits of the “wrong” on the weekends. And at the end of the night, I feel the bad kind of drunk...