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...recent class, my professor took a blind poll of all the students’ political affiliations. Of the 40 students polled, I was the only conservative Republican. The vast majority of the class was liberal, including the professor—he had served in the Clinton administration. In my short time at Harvard I have taken courses at the law, business, government, and education schools, and every class has had a similar make...
Kimbrough suggested that some people doubt whether the buyers’ decision to enter the transaction would have been impacted by the knowledge of Paulson’s strategy to short the securities, since Paulson had not yet gained recognition for his foresight on falling housing prices...
...satire and thoughtful portrayal of religious life and community—all of which make this a far more elegant and effective work than any new atheist polemic—“36 Arguments for the Existence of God” still simplifies its subject, and so falls short of meeting its own ambitious standards. A novel that considers rational religionists and non-materialists on their own terms, while maintaining its strong intellectual reservations, would make a worthy sequel to this excellent but incomplete entry into the genre...
...Autobiography of Red” is a collection of narrative verse told from the point of view of the mythical figure Geryon. This latest book combines her skills as translator and poet; here, her careful translation of Catullus’ poem is combined with a series of short, narrative prose poems...
...show’s overall momentum. Cudi’s first exit was unexpected, and while his encore of hits, “Sky Might Fall” and “Pursuit of Happiness,” was welcome, it still served as the end to a short, predictable, and unenthusiastic show overall...