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While Harvard’s federal funding increased in fiscal 2004, most funding cycles run over several years—meaning that the negative effects of slow funding growth will not be visible until current grants are replaced with new ones...
...arguments for buying: building equity. Last year 25 out of 50 states plus the District of Columbia saw double-digit appreciation in house prices. That's a heck of a return. But it's also backward-looking. If interest rates rise, the housing market will almost certainly slow. And in that case, the gap between renting and buying will start to close...
...World War II industrialization of American agriculture, they all but died out, surviving only on isolated farmsteads for local consumption. In the past five years, however, a new market has sprung up for now rare varieties, thanks to a lively network of big-name chefs, conservation-minded farmers and slow-food devotees. Like heirloom tomatoes and antique roses, so-called heritage meats are attracting discriminating customers--and fetching top dollar...
...Sharp Businessman Your article on Sharp Corp., Japan's hottest electronics firm, and its president, Katsuhiko Machida, showed that slow and steady wins the race [May 9]. That's exactly how Machida overtook Sharp's rivals Sony, Matsushita and Samsung. When Machida was running Sharp's television business in the 1980s, the company was struggling and most people knew nothing about him. But when Sharp brought its liquid-crystal-display TVs to the global market, it began making record profits. To be the best, a company has to have sound knowledge about market demand, design and manufacturing?plus technological strengths...
...could say I was very slow, because we’d known each other for 10 years,” he says, laughing...