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...Taylor, professor of psychology at UCLA and author of The Tending Instinct: Women, Men and the Biology of Relationships (Times Books). She says having a close friend can be a life-enhancing experience in more ways than you might expect. "There's good evidence that friendship is an important tool for down-regulating stress," she says. "It restores psychological well-being and has definite health-protective benefits. It also prolongs life...
Proponents claim that legislation under the PATRIOT Act has worked well as a useful tool for effectively eradicating terrorism. Granted, the PATRIOT Act isn’t all bad, but it was written in haste during a period of anti-terrorism hysteria—its provisions responded to the panic of the time by granting the government overly-extensive powers. And many in Congress, uncomfortable with all of its provisions, voted for the act with the reassurance that the sunset clause would eliminate the legislation a few years later...
...students in more modest financial situations, multiple non-binding early acceptances can be a valuable tool in the search for an affordable education of the best quality. Once admitted early to several schools, students for whom money is tighter can compare and contrast the tentative need estimates they are provided—and potentially lobby for more financial assistance—long before packages come out in April. Under Harvard’s new policy, that will be impossible...
Proponents see MCAS as an essential diagnostic and accountability tool, while it often seems as though critics, seeing MCAS as unfair, believe that if we just got the testing instrument right, then all children would be able to demonstrate mastery. This is manifestly false. MCAS tests show what virtually all tests have generally shown, that knowledge and skill in our society are unequally and unfairly distributed. The question is: What do we do about...
First things first: the drunk hook-up can occasionally act as a helpful vetting tool. I’ve decided that if I can enjoy a post-hook-up night, then that girl’s definitely worth calling (read: e-mailing, IMing) again. Second, I believe Harvard is as good a place to date as any, and probably better than a number of colleges. Thinking otherwise merely profanes the gift certificate. This evening at L’Espalier is about the finer pleasures of life, that certain je ne sais quoi, not harping on the negative but remaining hopeful...