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...SPAN On the first morning of the Democratic National Convention, all the cable-news outfits were yakking about what Hillary Clinton might say--except one. On C-SPAN? Empty chairs on a silent stage. It was waiting for someone to show up and actually say something. This was the only channel on which a citizen could watch all the convention speeches. Plus, it airs Prime Minister's Questions, my all-time-favorite sitcom. (No offense, Larry David...
Imagine 100 companies from Former Third World countries with a combined revenue in the trillions of dollars--greater than the total economic output of many countries--competing with U.S. companies for space on the world stage. Imagine several hundred such companies. Now imagine thousands...
...down other biological dimensions of taste. Of course, less than 25% of the population become food critics, so there has to be more than just tastebuds and genetics determining gourmandism, including a complex knot of perceptive psychology, pre-natal diet, and cultural norms. We may never reach the stage where we can predict what food people will like and choose given their physiological profiles, but if the core of hedonics is correct, there must be a tangible link between our biology and our taste in food.If this is true, what does it really mean to be a supertaster? The health...
...scramble to avert meltdown drove Labour rebels into retreat, halved the Tory lead and granted Brown more than just a reprieve from domestic woes. As Congress bickered over the U.S. bailout and European leaders vacillated between a unified response and defending national interests, the old, beaten Brown shuffled off stage. Into the limelight stepped New Brown, pitch-perfect in his Churchillian gravitas, a crisis leader for Britain and the world...
Representatives from the Harvard College Democrats and Harvard Republican Club held a debate last night at the Institute of Politics intended to provide clarity which they say is lacking on the national stage. Eva Z. Lam ’10 and Jonathan P. Hawley ’10—legislative director and events director of the Democrats—and Colin J. Motley ’10 and Jeffrey Kwong ’08-’09—president and president emertius the Republicans—sparred on a range of issues during the hour...