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...definitely looking forward to it,” Bucke explained. “And there’s already the atmosphere building.”But, as Schreck added, the results are not about individual boats.“People are more interested in seeing boats succeed across the board,” the captain said. “It really is something that we do use in the fall to set goals.”With this injection of new blood into the varsity and a new year’s beginning, the future looks promising for Harvard rowing...
...comes from President Bush’s inaugural address of 2005, in which he called for an international spread of democracy, especially in the Middle East. Traub examines not only how the US tried to create democracies in foreign countries, but why they did not always succeed. While both Germany and Japan, where the populations desired democratic systems, emerged as successful democracies after World War II, attempts to institute democracy in places like Russia and Haiti have failed. Because of corruption in their governments and our lack of commitment to attitude adjustment, both countries have seen democracy devolve into more...
...math—the ability to become recognized math researchers, scientists, and engineers—they are rarely encouraged or applauded in the United States. Indicative of this American apathy toward math is the demographic evidence—the study’s data shows that girls who do succeed in the field are almost all immigrants or the daughters of immigrants from countries where mathematics is more highly valued. American schools can, and should, improve the academic stature of math, thereby decreasing the aversion to this oft-neglected subject. Children should not only be exposed to math from...
...Most states instead rely on internal cash management - in some cases, borrowing from their own pension funds if necessary - which means they aren't dependent on outside borrowing in order to make payroll and keep the lights on. And even those municipalities that do use short-term notes may succeed in selling them in the end. On Oct. 8, Massachusetts finally sold its $750 million worth after hiring Goldman Sachs and Citigroup to find buyers, instead of running a normal auction. California is going to try to sell $4 billion worth of securities next week...
...this recession is going to hurt, that there will be a price for our profligacy and that some hard shoveling will be necessary to get out of this hole. Indeed, that knowledge is what has made Obama's success possible. But if he wants to do more than merely succeed, if he wants to govern successfully, he is going to have to trust the people as much as they are beginning to trust him. After years of happy talk from politicians, that is the change we really need...