Word: shrunk
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...easily breed complacency, until it bursts on Commencement Day, and we have to start thinking about mortgages. What a coincidence that we are in the midst of our own housing crisis on campus, one so serious that Harvard has banned college transfers for the 2008-2009 academic year and shrunk the incoming freshman class...
...polar ice cap has shrunk by more than 20 percent since 1979. Over the past century, global temperatures have risen between 1.08 degress fahrenheit and 1.62 degress fahrenheit—a steep increase considering that during the last ice age the globe was only 9 degress fahrenheit to 15 degress fahrenheit cooler than today. Global warming has already caused sea levels to rise between four and eight inches, and experts predict that if the Greenland ice sheet melted, it would submerge significant parts of many coastal cities around the world , including nearby Boston...
...market plunged by 10.3% in the space of a week. And for many investors, that was a rude introduction to the basic lesson that what goes up can also come down. Li Xiuzhen, 58, a retired factory worker from Beijing and newbie stock buyer, says her investment fund has shrunk by 40%. Li, who receives monthly pension of $171, has lost $8,571 in recent months. "China's stock market is the biggest gamble," she says. And lately, it's been a losing...
...Rebalance, for starters. Any exposure you have to gold, oil and other commodities may have grown too large. Ditto for emerging markets and small-cap stocks. But big-cap U.S. stocks (especially in health care and consumer staples) may have shriveled too far. Real estate may have shrunk as a part of your portfolio too, but because most investors are homeowners, they already have a stake in that game. By all means, stick to your dollar-cost-averaging regimen, whereby market volatility actually boosts returns because you automatically buy while prices are down...
...small, fervent one, is studying how to be small effectively. Says a church official whose thoughts usually reflect his boss's: "The American church has always had to live the minority experience, and that's where the universal church is headed." In fact, the American church has not really shrunk much. At 24% of the population, Catholics remain a pivotal voting bloc, especially in swing states like Pennsylvania, where they appear to favor Hillary Clinton by sizable margins. A recent poll by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that a quarter of the country's cradle Catholics...