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...classification of prostate-cancer stages has changed over the past 15 years. What might have been considered a Stage 3 or 4 cancer in 1990 would now be considered Stage 5, 6 or 7 - that is, a substantially more advanced cancer, says Lu-Yao. So it would stand to reason that men diagnosed with early-stage cancer today would survive longer than men diagnosed on the basis of yesterday's definition...
...hidden Masonic pyramid, which is the key to some mystical wisdom that will turn man into god, which is something that Mal'akh, the tattooed nut job, has a keen interest in. Langdon is joined by the head of the CIA's Office of Security, who for some reason is a tiny, feisty Japanese woman with a huge scar on her neck - Brown screwed the dial one notch past quirky there. Langdon is also accompanied by another in Brown's line of "attractive, dark-haired," essentially interchangeable brainy-hottie heroines, who happens to be a noetic (oh, God, I typed...
...grounded in female inadequacy. Regardless of how many hours, dollars, and brain cells women spend, there will always be an un-pluckable hair, an un-erasable wrinkle, and an un-toneable ounce of cellulite to eliminate. The pursuit of beauty is eminently frustrating (and eminently profitable) for the very reason that it can never be successfully realized. Feminism, on the other hand, aims to vitiate this notion of female inadequacy by demanding gender equality in both the public and private spheres...
...volatile or risky investment approaches. As long as superlative students keep banging down the doors of admissions, the university’s flow of donations will not dry up. Therefore, we do not have the same need for blockbuster quarterly earnings, as a corporation does, and there is little reason we should financially aim as such. Harvard’s priority should be providing a reliable, quality educational and research experience during any given year. Consequently, Harvard Management Company, which oversees the investment of our endowment, should focus on steady, consistent growth, for safety rather than surprise...
Threading that political needle - while trying to stitch together a complex reform bill on which the stability of the entire financial system depends - is a long shot. But at least everyone involved has a reason to make...