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Relatively apolitical members of TIME's board--Wyss and Abby Joseph Cohen, head of the investment-policy committee of Goldman Sachs--are not so sure about that. They cannot suppress a nagging memory: five years or so ago, most economists were forecasting huge federal deficits as far as the eye could see--with as much certainty as they are now predicting giant surpluses for the next decade. Could the current optimism be equally off base...
...recent report on National Public Radio presented scientific evidence proving that the brain learns less effectively when a person has had too little sleep. This is something that, deep down, we all know; but we suppress the knowledge, and pride ourselves on scraping by in a state of sleep-deprivation. But every Harvard student, and every member of the Harvard faculty, should pause to consider the implications: as members of a scholarly community it is our business to learn, all the time; but if we know how we could learn better...
...purchasing downturn, launched their own intensive inquiry into the planes' electrical and fuel systems. While the scrutiny turned up no specific problems, the specter of the accident was enough to spur the company to implement numerous prophylactic measures - such as installing protective covering on wires and tools to suppress power surges - that would both serve to allay public fears and further narrow the possibilities for further disasters...
...scan our brains will also be able to expand our thinking and our experiences. Nanobot technology will provide fully immersive, totally convincing virtual reality. By taking up positions in close physical proximity to every interneuronal connection coming from all our sense organs (e.g., eyes, ears, skin), the nanobots can suppress all the inputs coming from the real senses and replace them with the signals that would be appropriate for a virtual environment. By 2030, "going to a website" will mean entering a virtual-reality environment. The implant will generate the streams of sensory input that would otherwise come from...
...decided by each principal). In doing so, the city became the largest school district in the nation to adopt such a policy, which educators believe helps focus kids' attentions away from their appearance and toward their studies. Such standards also aim to reduce economic distinctions and to suppress the cruelty of school cliques...