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...student might major in economics because a friend or teammate does—a “herding” effect—or because economics has fewer requirements than many concentrations (10 courses, and 12 for honors). But in recent years, the department has made the concentration tougher, requiring calculus and econometrics on top of statistics, and the number of concentrators has gone up, not down. The grading curves in core economics courses are also among the toughest on campus. Herding, moreover, fails to explain the fact that economics is a leading major at virtually all liberal arts institutions...
...ranked second on the team with 12 singles wins. Next season, Harvard will return four starters but loses Schnitter and senior Vilsa Curto, a former Crimson photography editor, who held down the No. 6 singles spot for most of the season. “The Ivy League is getting tougher and tougher, but if we keep improving and building on this spring, then we should definitely be in a good position,” Green said. —Staff writer Jake I. Fisher can be reached at jifisher@fas.harvard.edu...
...frustration at the government's inability to deal with inflation. Says Ricardo Gomez, a farmer from the central province of Cordoba: "Cristina projected the promise that she could continue to provide the economic bonanza while distancing herself from Kirchner's authoritarian streak, but she turned out to be even tougher than her husband." Her government has called the farmers "oligarchs" who wish to throw her out of office...
...Sometimes a little bit. My wife always claims they're tougher on her than...
...producer, Thom Beers, has followed up with the History Channel's Ice Road Truckers (about long-haul drivers in the Arctic), Ax Men (loggers in Oregon) and truTV's Black Gold (oil riggers in Texas), debuting in June. Dirty Jobs profiles salvage workers, plumbers and cattle inseminators, while Tougher in Alaska lionizes linemen, miners and other Last Frontiersmen who probably make your job look like cutting out paper dolls...