Word: subs
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Updike didn’t only take on The Crimson, though. One 1953 rhyme he penned for the magazine begins, “Old Advocate, once you were famous and staid, / But Now, both obscene and sub-standard; / For thus you are called by printers appalled, / Who never should bother to read what they’re paid / To print: we say you are slandered...
...number of whom live in poor countries, are afflicted with HIV/AIDS. Last month, the publication of the World Bank’s annual World Development Indicators revealed similarly upsetting statistics: despite unprecedented prosperity gains in the West, the number of people living on less than $1 a day in sub-Saharan Africa has more than doubled since 1981. The scale of the disparity is larger than most Americans can comprehend, and it will only widen if leaders do not take dramatic action. As one of the world’s foremost academic institutions, Harvard is uniquely poised to identify...
...sound development policies, by increasing our paltry development aid to India. We spend a pittance on development in general (less than 16 billion dollars last year, or about 0.014 percent of our Gross National Product). But we spend a pitiful portion of that pittance on South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: just $3 billion. A real commitment to India’s development would not only reward their market-based approach to fighting poverty, but also help solidify the bond between our two nations...
...your love? Rent a submarine from Hawaiian Island Weddings. The Atlantis will take you, your partner and up to 40 guests 45 m underwater where, at the bottom of the ocean, you can tie the knot (presumably a sailor's knot). The deal costs $5,195, and includes in-sub entertainment from a hula dancer and Hawaiian singer. www.hawaiianislandweddings.com...
...essence, hotels are creating sub-brands, says marketing professor Chekitan Dev of Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration. "It's a subtle form of brand extension, with separate decor, separate signage and sometimes separate uniforms," he says. Le Meridien, a hotel chain based in London, adapted this thinking with the launch of Art + Tech, a design concept geared to sophisticated travelers who demand a stylish ambience as well as the latest in technology. The Lingotto property in Turin, Italy, built within a former Fiat factory, features an entirely separate Art + Tech building...