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...began to fall, and speculators had to put up more money for margin, but their other investments were simultaneously declining. Thus, they were forced to close out their long positions and sell oil. As everything spun out of control, everyone wanted out: a full liquidation. Even diversified investors tend to hold long positions in commodities as inflation hedges. Losses in stocks forced these long speculators to liquidate their positions in all commodities...
Participation in NSSE is voluntary, but the number of schools that do so has tripled in the past five years, and some 1,300 campuses have now taken part in the survey at least once. But those that do participate tend to be small and independent colleges, which are likely to score better on NSSE if only because the size of their student body allows for more one-on-one attention than larger universities. Earlham is one of many NSSE participants that publish their results in pamphlets or on their websites...
Shane P. Donovan ’09 and Adam S. Travis ’10 noted that the local homeless tend to have high school diplomas, and that the majority are either parents or young children...
...What is] troubling...is that Muslim countries tend to do much much worse” in the rankings,” Hausmann said. “This is not true for all Muslim countries, but at the bottom of the pile you have Pakistan, you have Yemen, and you have Saudi Arabia...because they have very restrictive legislation on what women...
...crisscrossing paths in Harvard Yard hardly serve as mock runways for College students, who tend to be more concerned with problem sets and theses than the latest collections from Paris and Milan. Timothy M. Parent ’09 hopes to change this through Project East, a fashion show featuring Asian and Asian-American designers now in its second year. Recognizing a gap in his college experience, Parent took the initiative to bring high fashion to Harvard, satisfying his own interests while also providing valuable opportunities for Asian designers and his fellow students. Parent has always had a love...