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...enrolled as some of Ker’s first Harvard students. “Because of the smaller class we have been able to really mold the curriculum,” says Green, who is joint concentrating in music. “Professor Ker has been willing to tailor the syllabus to our interests...
Whitchurch, who inherited his green thumb from his mother and spent last summer working on his grandparents’ 3,000-acre farm, has a simple approach to growing. For each plant he has created a “tailor-made growing environment,” he says. “We pride ourselves on treating each plant as an individual.” Plants that prefer a great deal of sunlight are placed under a sunlamp, and those that need lots of water are specially treated with frequent waterings. Whitchurch takes no chances with watering his plants?...
With so many ETFs available, investors can tailor a global portfolio to their needs, emphasizing growth or value, keeping some bonds for stability and adding regions that seem most appealing. Today a growth investor would do well with iShares Trust Russell 3000 Growth (IWZ). Analysts are upgrading earnings estimates for companies in that index faster than in other large growth indexes, Merrill Lynch reports. A value investor would do well with iShares S&P/ Barra Value (IVE). Companies in that index have the lowest price relative to book value of competing large-value indexes, Merrill says. Those holdings could...
...before winter?each requires 10,000 bricks?so the 16 members of their extended family will have shelter. There is a tentative sense that peace may last, due to a curious partnership of the coalition army and the divine. "Thanks to God, we have no fear," says Obaidullah, a tailor, who is rebuilding with the help of his five brothers and their wives. But when the structures are done, the neighborhood will still have no power and no clean water. "We don't know where the assistance is going," says Khalil. "We only know that we haven't received...
...minute humor hurricane, and the two Patty Griffin-penned songs (Truth No. 2 and Top of the World) show the Chicks can do melancholy credibly. But Home has a little too much melancholy. The Chicks say they were glad not to have record executives pushing them to tailor their songs to the short attention spans and upbeat expectations of radio listeners, but everyone needs a little editing. Maines makes no apologies. "This album's more mature, and I think we might lose some fans because of it. But this is where we are right...