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...investment wizard Warren Buffett ($52 billion) as the world's second-richest person - and may well topple Gates as Numero Uno by the time next year's list is unveiled. Whereas Gates' wealth reflects America's tech leadership, Slim's riches -despite the sweat and savvy that built them - tend to symbolize Mexico's archaic system of monopolies and oligopolies, which helps keep almost half the nation's population in poverty by choking oxygen away from the rest of the economy. Gates' fortune is part of an engine that creates jobs; Slim's, say critics, is part of an order...
...says, but with a book that reveals the hilarious side of real life, it may be a comparison that is well deserved.“I think a lot of the jokes that I love and a lot of my favorite joke writers tend to write about serious feelings and fears that they have,” Rich says. “If a joke isn’t emotionally honest, then I feel like it usually doesn’t make you laugh, so I try to write jokes that are personal and are emotional, because those...
...data revealed that students tend to interact with residential tutors in a casual social setting more frequently than in an academic advising context. It also indicated that students feel safe and secure in their Houses, but that they do not interact much with housemates outside their blocking group—possibly because of the physical structure of the Houses...
...This was one of the first hugely sensationalized trials in the US. Is this the right way to go about a trial?EA: It’s matter of fact that creationism was stirred more in the country. Being broadcast on the radio the way it was, Darrow did tend to make Bryan look like something of a goat, but then Bryan dying days after the trial made him a martyr.THC: If Bryan hadn’t died, do you think Darrow would have been the moral victor?EA: Oh yeah I think so, but there is that great appeal...
...will now become the wooers. At many colleges, this period of courtship involves special attention to minority admits, with some schools resorting to separate prefrosh weekends for particular ethnic groups. While we certainly recognize the need for specific minority outreach measures, we remain wary of those prefrosh programs that tend to divide and segregate the student population. We are glad that at Harvard, which prides itself on its inviting and diverse community of students, the Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program (UMRP) is able to meet the needs of its minority students and potential matriculants without resorting to such extreme measures.The UMRP...