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...reading Warren Buffett's much-anticipated letter to Berkshire Hathaway's shareholders, one can't avoid being struck by his faith in the ability of the American people to overcome adversity and to move the nation forward. This is a legacy that stretches from the Revolution to Lewis and Clark on to GI Joe. Despite Buffett's grave concern about the state of the economy now and in the immediate future one of the most striking passages in his letter is "America's best days lie ahead." The same sentence might have been written into the President's address...
...What struck Pagani most was how predictable the identities of the gamblers were. When she referred back to the ratings from kindergarten, she found that every one-unit increase on the impulsivity scale correlated with a 25% jump in the likelihood a child would be gambling by sixth grade. "The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual already refers to gambling specifically as an impulse-control disorder," she says, citing the official text that outlines diagnostic criteria for mental disorders. "And then there were our findings showing that...
...goal by sophomore forward Joe Smith. The tally was somewhat of a lucky break as Smith, assisted by senior Nick Coskren and captain Jimmy Fraser, surprised Kalemba with the attempt that skipped across the goal line. However, the 2-1 lead was short-lived as Princeton struck just over two minutes later to send the teams into the third period tied. Despite being outshot 14-9 by the Tigers in the third and having to play a man down for over three minutes, the Crimson was able to hang onto the win on the back of McCollem?...
...raging, to say the least. We struck up a conversation with the director of research Bodo Stern, who had consumed at least one bottled blend of hops and barley by the time we started discussing the possible move-in to Northwest of MCB professors and their labs currently located in Fairchild Biochemistry Building down the street...
...just before 5 p.m. on the third Monday of the term, I stopped by the registrar’s office to turn in an add/drop form. The woman who took it smiled and said, “Great! You just missed the fee!” This struck me as odd. Why would I be charged money to change my schedule...