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With a fantastic new dean, Elena Kagan, arriving at HLS this summer, the opportunity is ripe for addressing this longstanding weakness. It is critical that Harvard’s leadership recognize the broad coalition of students that wants a better environmental law program to be a top priority. Dean-Designate Kagan should turn the law school’s long-stated intent into action—and do so as soon as possible. HLS is already a rewarding place to study and explore so many fields of law. Let’s not ignore this exciting, important area any longer...
...trouble from the start. Holly Becker, an influential Internet stock analyst, could bump share prices up or down with a few well-chosen words. Michael Zimmerman, a trader at a hedge fund with billions to invest, was constantly shifting money in and out of stocks that looked ripe for sudden movement. Once the two began dating, all it would take for Zimmerman to make a fortune for his firm would be for Becker to whisper the names of stocks she soon would upgrade or downgrade-and for Zimmerman to bet early on them. That's exactly what happened, regulators...
...don’t drink much, so I don’t play much beer-pong,” Bar Am says. But while he attributes most of his success to “dumb luck,” he also says that conditions were ripe for a novice’s victory: “A, the cups were smaller, B, there was a cross-wind, and…C, it was cold as shit...
...light of the increasing number of reported sexual assaults, and with the campus focused on this issue—last week’s Take Back the Night Candlelight Vigil brought together hundreds of sexual assault survivors and their supporters—the time is ripe for Harvard to take a hard look at the threat that sexual assault poses to its students and how it confronts that threat...
Hudson anticipates a royalty check of 13 cents in the near future and sets his sights on living large in 2009. In the meantime, he and the rest of the band will keep on delighting audiences with their cuddly and contagiously fun songs, ripe for adoration...