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...Joe’s been playing great, especially the last couple of games, definitely setting the tone for our defense,” Scholl said. “Our defense has been playing great, physical lacrosse. They’re playing smart defense...
...school with so many smart, talented, and well-rounded people, it is astounding that our public discourse is dominated by two groups that are so markedly shortsighted, erratic, and, plainly, full of it. Indeed, there is no better example of this unhappy reality than the current uproar over changes in dining hall menu. During the past month, Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) has been decreasing the number and variety of its meal offerings. They blame the change on increasing food prices—which of course, like any budget-based argument at Harvard, seems not to convince many...
...While there's always the chance that a new dispute could flare up, Pakistan's government-in-waiting is expected, when it is seated, to take a conciliatory and politically smart approach to its neighbor. Asif Ali Zardari, who took over the reins of the Pakistan People's Party after the assassination of his wife Benazir Bhutto in December, says that India and Pakistan should not be held "hostage" to the dispute over Kashmir, and that the two countries "can wait" to resolve their impasse at a later time. "That is a situation we can agree to disagree...
...alien fish article highlights the inherent contradiction in scientific journalism: science requires readers to be smart, while journalism assumes everyone is an idiot. As a result, scientific journalism removes the icky numbers (t-tests? Who has ever heard of a t-test?), waters down the “ginormous” words to second-grader speak, and adds a bit of flair. The razzle-dazzled glittered-up remains typically fall into one of two general forms. The first à la “alien fish” is a hackneyed comparison that links a scientific study to some...
...malaise and possibly a recession. "Muto is seen to be close to the government and to the Ministry of Finance," says Lehman Brothers chief economist for Japan Kenichi Kawasaki. "You can imagine Muto's potential sympathy toward those you might call his schoolmates." Although he calls Muto a "smart, top MOF guy," Kawasaki added he is "more like a lawyer than an economist...It's a pity that there's not a stronger candidate...