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...much against botox. I don't think it's a good long-term strategy for people to inject this and paralyze their muscles. There are natural ways of getting rid of those lines and wrinkles...
...tumultuous years as butler and close confidant was to dress her body for her funeral, denies that any of the items was stolen and gave police a clutch of reasons for possessing them. He said some were given to him by Diana; some she asked him to get rid of but he could not bear to; some he rescued from the trash or was keeping safe because he feared Diana's family would not preserve them properly; some he felt were not appropriate for the charity shops she had designated; some he intended to return but could not "because...
...well. The U.S. Department of Justice warned that such an action would invite antitrust scrutiny, and now Yale officials are considering going it alone anyway. If enough influential schools made independent decisions to go to nonbinding early action programs (such as Harvard’s) or get rid of early admissions altogether, it could have a domino effect on less selective schools...
According to Fitzsimmons, the Fallows piece sparked a wave of public pressure to reform the system. And colleges responded. In December, Levin, citing early decision’s adverse effects on applicants, told The New York Times, “If we all got rid of it, it would be a good thing.” At the time, Levin said that Yale would not proceed alone because, if it did, his university “would be seriously disadvantaged relative to other schools...
...changes this year—either by a Yale policy change, large numbers of students breaking commitments, or a successful legal assault—Tilghman could, if she were so inclined, take the lead in eliminating early decision. If Princeton announced it was moving to early action or getting rid of early admissions altogether, Yale would surely follow. And if the so-called “Big Three” schools were all early action, the next tier of selective schools—the ones who derive the greatest benefit from early decision—would be hard-pressed...