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...think they’ve gone far enough on diversity,” he adds. “It is unnecessary and superfluous and could be harmful because any time that you pick a goal other than excellence you subtract from excellence. You distract yourself from keeping the best faculty in the world...
...most frequent subjects of the collection is its own form. “Do not hesitate / To cut the most beautiful line in the name / Of form,” Lerner writes. Not only do these recurrent comments on the poetic form become redundant, but they also subtract attention from other sentiments expressed in the collection...
...order to maximize profit, coordinators must minimize costs. Unless the organizers of a benefit can find subsidy money for an event, production costs will subtract from the proceeds they send to charity. Particularly with a large-scale event like “Harvard for Haiti,” these costs are quite significant. Fortunately, the costs of the concert were covered by the University in conjunction with the Office for the Arts. In addition, the performers at the benefit concert worked pro bono. Of course, this is to be expected—every dollar that goes to a performer...
...million permutations of “coffee.” The barista culture has risen around (and fueled) our natural predisposition for finickiness. From an elegant cappuccino to some New Jersey diner mug-tar, there’s a coffee out there for everyone. You may add or subtract espresso shots, foam, ice, soymilk, and sugar-free hazelnut syrup as you see fit; you are free to project our personalities onto our drink to whatever extent you choose...
...instead of the salad. Or are sipping soda instead of water. Perhaps you decided once again to delay the beginning of your long-planned exercise routine. Every day there are hundreds of seemingly trivial decisions that individually may not mean a whole lot but in combination can add or subtract a substantial amount of time to or from our lives. As a doctor, I am convinced that most people know the healthier choice; they just need frequent reminders to make it. And that is exactly what some new research has confirmed. (Watch TIME's video "How to Lose Hundreds...