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What is odd is that, with so many options for spending our time, we often choose so few activities to devote ourselves to. An unscientific survey of the “interests” section on thefacebook.com reveals that interests, while listed with varying degrees of cheek, are usually few in number—people are interested in “skiing and sailing,” for instance, or in “being a style icon.” We throw ourselves into a few activities with the sort of self-immolating vigor that I bring to dancing...
...reported that "in the annual Fortune 500 survey, the pharmaceutical industry topped the list of the most profitable industries, with a return of 17% on revenue." That 17% profit guarantees that new drugs will be in the pipeline when we need them. Can any other system, including government-run labs, produce such a cornucopia of lifesaving and life-enhancing cures at any price? Studies have shown that it costs $800 million to create a new drug and get it through FDA approval. Your story promoted Soviet-style price controls. Remove incentives, and you will get Soviet-style results and products...
Mahan said that the council proposal to delay the shutdown time an extra hour began with a 2001 report by Brian R. Smith ’02, a former council member who conducted a survey of 300 undergraduates, and found that 91 percent favored a one-hour extension of party hours...
...should come as no surprise. Researchers at the Wildlife Conservatory report that bears become overweight precisely for the same reason that we do: overeating. As we all know, an overabundance of food leads to fatter humans and, of course, more trash to be disposed. The group’s survey of waste deposited in dumpsters in the Tahoe area of California and Nevada—which are easily accessible to bears—showed that the animals gorge themselves year-round on an endless supply of processed, highly fattening, leftovers...
...should all be deliberately conscious of the fact that our actions have an effect on those around us and a cumulative effect on our community. The council’s 2001 survey also found that noise from 1 a.m. parties made it difficult for 12 percent of students to sleep—and that 9 percent of students were opposed to an extension of hours. This is a small minority of the campus and very few entryways regularly host parties. Still, membership in a minority group does not justify a decrease in individual rights or respect. As the new party...