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...predictable Harvard ego-padding (“You’re among the best and the brightest”) and then, paradoxically, some forceful and insulting pronouncements about how dumb we are. Assistant Dean of Freshmen Lesley Nye explained that “Harvard students aren’t smart enough not to drink themselves to death...

Author: By Mark A. Adomanis, | Title: Holding Students' Hands Back | 4/7/2004 | See Source »

...like a series of mushily vague generalizations, I think you’re on to something. It is interesting to think, however, that all of those qualities, amorphous as they are, should come before academic prowess. As Brooks aptly put it, “There are a lot of smart, lively young people in this country, and you will find them at whatever school you go to.” Of course, Harvard students like to think that they’re the smartest of all, but in truth IQ seems fairly irrelevant—not only in the real...

Author: By Anthony S.A. Freinberg, | Title: Not So Special After All? | 4/7/2004 | See Source »

...GOOD The comedian is good enough, is smart enough, and, doggone it, some people like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wonks For 100, Alex | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

Diane Keaton is good for women in and of herself. She's smart and funny and real. The character was also helpful because she was sexual well past the usual age boundary. I thought it was a little unrealistic that she would choose Jack Nicholson over Keanu Reeves, but I suppose you have to give some tribute to the older male egos in Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Gloria Steinem | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

BRAMWELL: We think playing the developing middle classes around the world is smart. My grand concept is that when the Berlin Wall came down, it opened markets that companies never thought they'd get into. Developing a middle class in Asia may have even greater significance. Also, with T-bills yielding less than 1%, companies with solid dividends are an attractive alternative for many savers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investing: Riding Global Growth | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

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