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...stickler’s adherence to tradition. They recognize simply that grammar leaves room to maneuver. Like political liberals, linguistic liberals don’t hate rules; they just define them differently. Rather than dictating every last detail, rules protect the framework in which dissent, change, and possibility can thrive...
...Meanwhile, HSBC's Asia businesses continue to thrive. In the first half of 2009, its regional operations notched a pretax profit of $4.5 billion, more than half of it coming from Hong Kong alone. The bank is also continuing to expand in Asia. In China, where HSBC already has the largest branch network of any foreign bank, it is considering an initial public offering of stock on the Shanghai exchange. In May, HSBC completed its acquisition of Bank Ekonomi in Indonesia, almost doubling its number of outlets in that country...
...frozen ice age. Over the past 10,000 years, however, the climate has remained remarkably stable by historical standards: not too warm and not too cold, or Goldilocks weather. That stability has allowed Homo sapiens, numbering perhaps just a few million at the dawn of the Holocene, to thrive; farming has taken hold and civilizations have arisen. Without the Long Summer, that never would have been possible...
...such an event to be successful, it must provide a relaxed atmosphere and abundant food for each person, and neither can be accomplished in a mammoth, school-sponsored setting. Indeed, if we’ve learned one key element of pregame gatherings, it’s that they thrive on intimacy...
...what provokes this imagined competition? Sure, some thrive on this struggle as a means of motivation, but this satisfaction could find other outlets. Join a sports team, play intramurals, or start a pickup basketball game. While the attitude of an incessant need to be better than everyone else is arguably justifiable in academics, where leadership positions are limited and internships are competitive, it cannot be translated into fitness...