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...concerns about Apple are not different from those regarding any other consumer products company in a recession, but they are more subtle. People stop buying PCs and electronics when the economy is bad, primarily because they can. A two-year old computer will still perform 90% of the tasks required by a business or home user. There is nothing wrong with a two-year old Nokia (NOK) cell phone. (See pictures of the history of the cell phone...
Antismoking advocates tout this month's record increase in the federal cigarette-tax rate, which on April 1 spiked from 39˘ to $1.01 per pack, as a move that will bolster the federal budget while saving an estimated 900,000 lives. Supporters say the measure will stop 2 million kids from lighting up and spur about 1 million adults to quit, but the sharp hike has some smokers fuming. Cigarette taxes, detractors argue, are a way for governments to line their coffers by legislating personal choice--and a prime example of a regressive "sin tax," the term often used...
...eyed me like I’d told him you could light your lamp with apple tea. “That’s real nice, Miss Winnie, but I don’t think so.”“Well.” I tried to stop my carriage as it flew down the hill. “Well, you know, the sermon has already started, so everybody will be paying attention to that. You won’t be taking anyone’s seat.” Thou shalt not lie.“Miss...
...said David S. Rosenthal ’59, the director of Harvard University Health Services. Harvard already requires hand sanitizer in every dining hall and gloves on every dining hall worker to curb the potential spread of disease. Although many schools have now taken the necessary precautions to stop future epidemics, the Norovirus is no stranger to college campuses across the country. Within the past year, it has already infected Georgetown, USC, and Hope College in Michigan...
...crude and brutal rake— surprisingly, these characters are not out of a medieval fable. Instead, they are central elements of “The Hazards of Love,” the new concept album from indie favorites The Decemberists. The 17-song rock opera never stops plowing forward from the second it begins, with a mix of folk and in-your-face heavy metal that makes it one of the most inventive folk-rock albums in recent memory. Some songs do not succeed beyond their role as fragments of the melodramatic plot. But when the album is viewed...