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...want to understand the??American attitude toward capitalism, look inside your hall closet. There's probably a Monopoly game in there somewhere. Monopoly is the most popular board game in history, with more than 250 million copies sold. You may never have taken a real estate seminar or cracked an economics textbook. But if you grew up in an American home, and at some point it rained, you played Monopoly...
...article on the??birth of the stars a breath of fresh air at a time when too many people are busy counting planets on the head of a pin. The ongoing scientific discovery of the unfolding of our early universe is far more important for people to understand than how to divide the solar system into sheep and goats. Our connection to those early epochs is not just academic. Many of the oxygen atoms we inhale were forged in those very first stars...
Thanks for the??reminder that earth is but a small grain of sand on the beach when compared with the size of the known universe. I don't think people give much thought to how insignificant we are in that respect. I was intrigued by the scientific community's fascinating discoveries of what happened after the Big Bang. I'm staying tuned...
...year after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the??Gulf Coast, insurance companies have settled 95% of homeowners' claims, paying out $16.4 billion. But the industry remains mired in related lawsuits, which could raise prices and lower availability. Allstate CEO Edward Liddy tells TIME's KATHLEEN KINGSBURY how his business must evolve to keep underwriting the American Dream...
...limited your discussion to the??plight of the small percentage of students who have a shot at top-tier schools. As an educational consultant, I was disappointed by your lack of understanding of our role. Our mission is neither to "get kids in" nor to "package" them to enhance their chances. We endeavor to help them and their parents more fully understand a process in which they will be investing so much emotionally as well as financially. SUZANNE F. SCOTT, ED.M. ACADEMIC ADVISORY SERVICE Elkins Park...