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...You’re tackling a really different topic in this book. Do you think people are more sensitive talking about the politics of their hearts than the politics of America...
...helpful to them?”THE NUMBERS ON THE NUMBERSFor Harvard students at least, the “help” factor that Herzog spoke of seemed to be interestingly divided. Like with many things in life, men and women were firmly split on this topic. In a poll with 75 Harvard students—42 women and 33 men—an overwhelming majority of the women says that the HUDS’s calorie-count and portion-size cards affected their food choices moderately to significantly, while an even larger majority of men polled says that...
...topic today is child stars, their appeal and limitations. In The Other Boleyn Girl, Natalie Portman, 26, and Scarlett Johansson, 23, play Anne and Mary Boleyn, one destined to be Henry VIII's second wife, the other his mistress. Penelope stars Christina Ricci, 28, in a contemporary fantasy about a girl who has a pig's snout for a nose because, as the family legend goes, a witch's curse had long ago fallen on her ancestors...
...financial concepts. Lusardi plans to teach a class on basic economics and finance as part of a new Dartmouth financial literacy initiative. Both researchers are also currently working on a paper to expand on their findings in this study. “We want to raise awareness about this topic,” Lusardi said. “The economic profession doesn’t really realize how important this topic is becoming.” The obligation on educators, financial institutions, and consumers to promote better knowledge is “incumbent.” Financial literacy is critical...
...creating an integrated society that ensures equal opportunity for all its children,” and argued that certain “narrowly-tailored” race-conscious policies may be constitutionally permissible. Yet the use of race, for even the noblest of ends, still remains a contention topic, particularly amongst modern social scientists who rail against race as a mere social construct. A post-racial America may eventually be realized, but the current moment in American society is still fraught with racism and race-consciousness. Until race-neutral policies are able to yield fair and equal opportunities in education...