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ACTION: As ever, focus on the long term and stay invested in a diversified portfolio...
...point in our political discourse when candidates are punished less for flatly lying than for changing their minds. You can caricature your opponent, airbrush your record, come close to just making things up and suffer less than if you're caught with a belief that has evolved. The political term for flexible is flip-flopper...
...humility about recognizing it, because progress can sprint right past our ability to process it. Blood transfusions were considered creepy before World War II. Transplant a heart? That's not just a pump, critics said; it's the seat of your soul. You hardly ever hear the chilly term test-tube baby anymore, because what was once odd and unnatural is now a routine salvation to millions of childless couples...
...resumes out in the ether and allows students to rank their levels of interest in different jobs. Web sites like the Common Application, the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), and Harvard’s own Student Employment Office (SEO) digitally streamline the application processes to college, law schools, and term time jobs, respectively. OCS should create a Harvard-specific online application process that matches employers—even those who employ “just in time” rather than well in advance—with uniquely skilled candidates. While such a system might take time...
School Committee members said Fowler-Finn’s decision not to finish out his term caught them off guard...