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...Take that spectacular 3.9% annualized second-quarter growth rate. In a pair of reports entitled The Paradox of Deflation and The Paradox of Deflation Solved, HSBC Securities senior economist Peter Morgan concludes that Japan's gross-domestic-product figures are increasingly skewed by discrepancies in how price changes for different types of goods (particularly computers and other information-technology products) are calculated, thereby creating significant distortions. "This suggests that official GDP data are substantially overstating economic growth," he writes. Morgan's own second-quarter GDP-growth estimate is just 2.1%. "Things may not have been as bad as everybody thought...
...With concern for human rights slowly taking hold in China and a more aggressive media no longer as circumspect about reporting official misdeeds, public indignation is running high. Incidents that in the past would have been hushed up now receive widespread play in the press. Among the more spectacular recent examples: a college graduate was beaten to death in custody in Guangzhou last March after neglecting to carry identification; in May, a police chief in Shaanxi province was arrested for allegedly helping a gangster and the gangster's 14-year-old son join the force; in June, a three-year...
Hidden behind Harvard’s spectacular performance running deep routes and breaking big plays was a disappointing rate of success in scoring—six-of-nine times—once advancing beyond the Crusaders’ 20-yard line...
...superb 1897 Grand Interior With Six Figures. Like Gauguin, Vuillard firmly believed in making no distinction between the fine and decorative arts. Among a delightful series of decorative works, eight of Vuillard's nine Public Gardens panels, reunited for the first time since 1929, provide the show with a spectacular centerpiece, and a welcome breath of outdoor air. The show will remain in Paris until Jan. 5, before moving to London's Royal Academy of Arts from Jan. 31-April 18. Botticelli, from Lorenzo the Magnificent to Savonarola (Oct. 1-Feb. 22) assembles 20 Botticelli paintings and six drawings, plus...
...average student spends about 30 hours a week outside class studying and 15 to18 hours on extracurricular activities. I think one of the neatest things about being a Harvard undergrad is the spectacular pleasure that students get here from chitchatting with other students. I would encourage students to spend as much time as possible with their fellow students...