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Although many names have rallied from their trough in March 2009, they're still far short of their highs. Las Vegas Sands (LVS) was trading at more than $138 a share in October 2007 and plunged to under $2 a share in March 2009. Although it has since risen 10-fold to $20 a share, it's still far below its peak. Wynn Resorts (WYNN) and Las Vegas Sands have seen the biggest gains, with their stocks rising 296% and 842% respectively in the past 52 weeks. But their gains were driven largely by their exposure to the lucrative Macau...
...also love to talk back. This year, the Oscars' In Memoriam clip reel conspicuously ignored the passing of Farrah Fawcett; within moments, Farrah Fawcett was a top phrase on Twitter's real-time "trending topics" list. When an unidentified woman Kanye'd the Best Documentary Short director, barging onstage and taking the mike as he gave his acceptance speech, viewers were baffled - unless they were following Twitter, whose hive mind quickly deduced that she was the film's producer, kept from accepting the award after a falling...
...Harvard undergraduate, and this is a shame. In the past, the Harvard experience was mainly academic, leaving time for family visits and weekends off. However, today the experience is much more encompassing, and the 24/7 pressure inevitably affects student mental health. To remedy this, students should consider taking short, term-time vacations whenever possible. They are more feasible than many students realize, and the university calendar system provides ample time to recover from them...
Instead, at times when Harvard becomes overwhelming, students should take a short vacation. Harvard truly values travel, as can be clearly seen by the plethora of grants available to undergraduates. However, travel should not be limited to eight weeks over the summer or two weeks over J-Term. Instead, off-campus trips should be seen as a respite from daily life that is beneficial at any time...
...region of Inner Mongolia and the adjacent central Asian nation of Mongolia, which is suffering from the combination of a dry summer followed by a brutally cold winter. The UN has set aside $3.7 million in aid to help Mongolia recover from the extreme conditions, which have left thousands short of food and fuel and killed more than 2 million sheep and other livestock...