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Since the Concorde landed for the last time in 2003, globetrotting members of the smart set either fly their own jets or discreetly rent them by the hour. For the rest of us, flying commercial has become something to be endured rather than cherished. If the only planes in the sky belonged to U.S. carriers, the NetJets snobs might have a point. Three of the largest American airlines began 2006 in bankruptcy. Meanwhile, other carriers like Virgin Atlantic and Emirates have added such amenities as in-flight massages and Four Seasons?style suites. In their wake, a new generation...
...youthfulness they exhibit. Many enter the gates after living under parents’ roofs and rules, and they promptly go wild. Looking around at my classmates, there are parallels to what Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito saw at Princeton decades ago: “Some very smart people and very privileged people behaving irresponsibly.” Students, the freest creatures on earth, are the only people who could think they have a fanciful right like the one the UC has proclaimed. Only a handful of students pay their way at Harvard, they are for the first time absent...
...least 24 years old. In a time when universities refuse to be paternalistic about students’ sexual behavior or alcohol abuse, the idea that, after three years of learning at the feet of these professors, Harvard’s law graduates aren’t smart enough to make up their own minds on whether to join the military or not, is hypocritical in the extreme. Law firms participating in the same recruitment interviews are offering upwards of $125,000 a year to new graduates. Presumably that is the market value of intelligence and judgment honed by three years...
...Shortly after she discovered the accounting errors, CEO Jeff Skilling resigned. "He's a smart man," Watkins said. "The stuff I stumbled across - he knows it," she recalled thinking. "He knows it's bad." She described writing her infamous memo warning that the company was in danger and discussing it with Ken Lay in a 30-minute meeting in his office one week after Skilling left...
...Verses flow. Profanities abound; Felton’s hopes for a clean show are clearly dashed. The crowd celebrates disses. One competitor raps: “I’m kinda tired of this Harvard square / Yeah, they’re kinda smart but I’m hardly scared.” Liu gradually wins the audience over with his quick, aggressive lyrics. In the final round, he ismet by Mikal N. Floyd-Prewitt ‘06, aka MC Mikal.Floyd-Prewitt is the yin to Liu’s yang. His flow is relaxed, comical, more blatantly offensive...