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...QUITE SURE WHAT THE ADVANTAGE IS IN HAVING A FEW MORE DOLLARS TO SPEND,' HE SAID, 'IF THE AIR IS TOO DIRTY TO BREATHE, the water too polluted to drink, the streets are filthy and the schools so bad that the young, perhaps wisely, stay away, and hoodlums roll citizens for some of the dollars they saved in taxes.'" Read more at timearchive.com...
...senior expresses sadness or disappointment, he or she is told to appreciate the good parts and not to dwell on the bad. So what if I never got to see the Bow and Arrow Press in the basement of Adams House? I’ve watched the presses roll at 14 Plympton at 6 a.m., surrounded by Crimson editors I love and respect. Presumably, I have no reason to yearn for the chance to do it all over.But some good can come from regret. In many ways, it’s useful for others. In advising and mentoring relationships...
...Commencement speeches alone were enough to confer on even the most immune graduate a particularly virulent strain of the Syndrome. After all, we had just been told in English and in Latin that we were incredibly wonderful and talented. It was only normal to expect the world to roll out the Red Carpet for us. Hear ye, hear ye: hundreds of smart, talented, ambitious people are graduating from Harvard. World, make...
...fulfill our dreams, we must overcome the Red Carpet Syndrome. The sooner we do so, the sooner we can embark on the path less traveled. As long as we have the Syndrome we will be limited to the safer paths. We will work for companies that do roll out the red carpet for us, but we will never take a risk for the things we really want...
Patrick criticized proposals to roll back the state income tax, saying it would be catastrophic to local finances because cities and towns would be forced to raise property taxes. Reilly wants to cut the income tax rate from 5.3 percent to 5 percent...