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Indeed, while you may not have noticed your raise last year (if you even got one), senior executives felt theirs. Median compensation for CEOs of companies in the S&P 500 rose 27% in 2003 on top of an 11.4% hike in 2002, according to the latest pay survey by the Corporate Library. Other surveys, which don't account for exercised stock options, found just single-digit increases in salary and bonus. And, yes, corporate profits rose sharply during 2003, up 18%. But that wasn't the case in 2002, and the gap between pay for the average worker...
...those willing to part with a few bits of personal information, it's easy to track family roots online. But before you start punching in your Social Security number, you need to weigh the risks of identity theft. According to a survey released by the Federal Trade Commission, 9.9 million Americans were victims of identity theft last year. Half the victims didn't even know how their personal information had been obtained. "It is clear that the proliferation of sensitive personal genealogical information has made it even easier for thieves to steal identities for their own criminal gain, and they...
Much of the opposition to “Great Books” programs has been against proposals to make them compulsory, but the demand for a comprehensive survey of seminal texts has not waned; and this demand should be met. Currently, there is no way a Harvard first-year can attempt to replicate the type of academic experience—a guided tour of what matters and why—enjoyed by Yale students in “Directed Studies” and Stanford students in SLE. The Wall Street Journal recently commented in response to the curricular review report...
...indeed, there is a connection between Iraq and al-Qaeda, it may not be the kind the Bush campaign is likely to dwell on. The same day the President spoke, the prestigious International Institute for Strategic Studies released its annual survey that found, among other things, that far from dealing a blow to al-Qaeda and making the U.S. and its allies safer, the Iraq invasion has in fact substantially strengthened bin Laden's network and increased the danger of attacks in the West. And the London-based IISS is not some Bush-bashing antiwar think tank; it hosted...
...history department course on World War II, which could be taught as early as spring 2006. Ferguson says that he also wants to help in the history department’s implementation of the College’s ongoing curricular review, including the development of a world history survey course...