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...Most definitely. Can we? The answer is a decided no. There is no easy answer. Abandoning the national minimum drinking age would cause a tremendous trade-off in human lives that just is not worth the cost. In the final analysis, American society is destined to suffer from its own immaturity...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: The Paradox of "21" | 3/6/1995 | See Source »

Unfortunately, both the six-house plan and full randomization suffer from the same misconception. both rest on the belief that the distribution of blocking groups is the cause of racial and social segregation. But it is not the lottery that is at fault; it is the blocking groups themselves...

Author: By David J. Andorsky, | Title: Diversifying With an Axe | 3/1/1995 | See Source »

There are several reasons why we should love the Core. First of all, we are here for a truly liberal education, and only programs like the Core can fulfill this purpose. Almost every prestigious college has such a program. After all, people at Columbia suffer far more than we do from a system of distributional requirements--like curriculum offering courses at concentration levels. Even if the Core requirement became optional, most students would definitely choose Justice rather than Harvey Mansfield...

Author: By Xiaomeng Tong, | Title: You Should Love the Core | 2/28/1995 | See Source »

...teach these things to kids because many are not learning them at home," Gold-Bikin says. In March, Gold-Bikin will conduct a weekend seminar for couples who have been married one year; after that, she hopes to create a marriage-preservation program for corporations, which she claims suffer tremendous productivity losses because of divorce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHOULD THIS MARRIAGE BE SAVED? | 2/27/1995 | See Source »

...sought a criminal investigation. Leeson allegedly gambled more than the bank was worth on Tokyo stock futures, losing more than $1 billion when the market fell last week. That forced Baring to declare bankruptcy yesterday and triggered worldwide stock slides today. Baring investors and its U.S. subsidiaries may not suffer losses, but their deposits have been frozen. Leeson was dealing in stock derivatives, the same financial instruments that led to the bankruptcy filing last year by Orange County, Calif. TIME Brussels bureau chief Jay Branegan expects political pressure to strengthen derivative regulations, although he says tougher rules would not have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MAN WHO BROKE THE BANK | 2/27/1995 | See Source »

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