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...could be a grand renovation, with a nationalized ballot and of course a national network of databanks for voter registration. Flawless records with up-to-the-minute information, courtesy of the DMV. An unshakable voting system worthy of the richest, most innovative nation on this earth...
...that appear to be the remains of lake beds dating back more than 3.5 billion years. Why should lakes be important on a planet that we already knew had rivers and seas? Because the newly discovered formations precisely resemble the sedimentary depressions that have yielded some of Earth's richest fossil lodes. If life once thrived in the relatively warm bath of Mars' early lakes, these geological layer cakes are where we are most likely to find its remains...
...confusion, exactly $0 of Harvard's $19.2 billion endowment is earmarked for the council. Zero. I do not (necessarily) blame the Harvard administration for this. Much of the endowment is in the form of restricted funds. But, I still shudder when I hear that the Undergraduate Council of the richest university in the United States has to collect "ePloids" from Frito-Lay bags in order to replace its 10-year-old computer. Was I the only one who found it hard to swallow that the monitor on the council's computer required a paper clip to turn...
Andrew K. Tiedemann has to convince people that the world's richest University needs more money...
...think the story's recyclable success lies in the toast that George's brother Harry, momentarily home from the war, raises to George as all the townspeople have come to help him out of his money problems. "To my brother George," he says. "The richest man in town." The angel, Clarence, adds an unnecessary celestial message about no man's being a failure if he has friends, in case we don't get it. But the key moment is the toast, because while it appears to pop up from nowhere (like Harry), it has been building steadily and noiselessly throughout...