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...part of.”Co-captain Becky Christensen, in the second HYOC match of her career, said she enjoyed not only competing on the track but also getting an opportunity to meet track athletes from the other side of the Atlantic. “Sure, they’re from England,” Christensen said. “But we have a lot in common with them, and it’s really cool to be friends with people you wouldn’t normally meet.”Before the match began, Saretsky and Yale coach David...
...starters, the name of the program—was there too much good stuff for a week? Too little for a month? Or were they just looking for the most pompous title possible? Flyby is pretty sure the word "fortnight" went out of style once it started taking less than that amount of time to get from Independence, Missouri to Oregon's Willamette Valley...
Also, we're not so sure that all of the possibilities lead to "the right destination," metaphorically or in real life. Didn't plenty of mariners end up wrecked on the rocks? Was that the "right destination" for them? In the real world, have no Harvard undergrads ever regretted their concentration choice? In fact, if it's impossible to go wrong, what is the point of this "Fortnight" in the first place...
Imagine taking out a life-insurance policy, not on yourself, but on a sick man who lives down the street. That way, if he dies, you’ll be sure to turn a profit. This is but one of many bizarre features in the world of credit default swaps—a financial instrument that crippled our global economy. While many different events and policies contributed to the financial crisis, it is safe to point a finger at credit default swaps. The U.S. government should decisively regulate these complex financial instruments...
...ensuing panic results in a lack of confidence, since one cannot be sure if a company is doing as well as it claims to be. Therefore, the government must make CDS transactions a matter of public record...