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Because of the switch, Leverett will accept more inter-house transfers and rising sophomores than in previous years, Nelson wrote in an e-mail statement...

Author: By Aditi Banga, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: College Reshuffles DeWolfe Housing | 3/6/2007 | See Source »

...annoyance comes with a price tag. Jeffrey Hammond, senior analyst at Forrester Research, estimates the daylight saving time (DST) switch will cost the average company $50,000 in time and labor expenses - a conservative figure that doesn't take into account missed airline flights or forgotten appointments. That's a total of $350 million for the 7,000 publicly traded companies in the U.S. "In the aggregate it will probably be worth it, but right now it's an unfair tax on corporate America and even businesses worldwide that I don't think Congress thought about," says Hammond. Since most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving Even More Daylight | 3/6/2007 | See Source »

...race you happen to be. 2) Revenge and prosper: empty the toilet paper roll dispenser, conveniently located on your way out. 3) Go to breakfast. Strike the gong. Escape as sleep-addled Adamsians struggle to apprehend you. 4) Go to lunch. Strike the gong. Accuse a nearby resident. 5) Switch the placards in the Adams tunnels, forever stranding residents in the labyrinth under Plympton Street. 6) Threaten to call a dean if you’re not swiped in. This will confuse them and prevent them from calling a dean on you. 7) Whitewash the murals in the tunnels. Without...

Author: By Jeremy D. Hoon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Ways to Get Back at Adams House for Being Stingy-Ass Bitches | 2/28/2007 | See Source »

...Harvard. Boothe cites her family’s varied religious background as a cause of their openness. “Having an aunt who was a Muslim, knowing that there wasn’t really anything wrong with other religions” factored into their acceptance of the switch, she says...

Author: By Kaoru Takasaki, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Baha'i: The New High | 2/28/2007 | See Source »

...from 45% eight years ago. Most of these skiers, says Derek Johnson, managing director of rental retail, now invest in custom boots and bindings but prefer to lease their skis so they can try out the latest models each year. "People also like the fact that they can switch out their rentals anytime," says Johnson. "If you ski one day, you can come back the next day for a snowboard and then go back to skis the following...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Leasing Life | 2/27/2007 | See Source »

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