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With inflation at its current low rate of 3%, the two alternatives are a wash for those in the highest tax bracket: a stock bought at $100 and rising 10% a year for a decade generates an after-tax profit of about $125 in either tax scheme. Now, all those...
One of the more annoying traits that spending four years at Harvard fosters is a reverence for everything related to this institution: its alumni, its traditions, its so-called mystique, etc. This reverence translates into a disturbing arrogance.
Others write not to praise Weil but to probe him. Is there any alternative to pharmaceutical drugs to treat allergies? someone wants to know. There sure is, Weil answers on the Web. Try a few leaves from the stinging-nettle plant, generally sold freeze-dried and packed in capsules. Are...
The Crimson also faces a double standard when dealing with different facets of the Harvard community. I am pleased when The Crimson attempts to investigate members of the administration, and publish what the University does not want to become public. In my opinion, The Crimson should do more of this...
When Basbaum and his colleagues stumbled on this mailbox effect, they quickly realized that it could revolutionize surgery. In the past, most patients were put to sleep with a general anesthetic, which dulls the brain's memory of what has happened but does nothing to stop the spinal nerves from...