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...students, however, would be impractical and unfair to the hundreds of other students who apply for transfer admission each year. If Harvard were to accept a substantial number of Tulane applicants, the acceptance rate of this special pool would far exceed the single-digit figures that perennially govern the ultra-competitive transfer application process, which would be unfair to standard transfer applicants who face far bleaker odds. On the other hand, if Harvard were to apply the same standard to the Tulane pool as to the general pool, then—statistically, at least—every single applicant would...
...have time even to read CliffsNotes? Come January, Britain's Dot Mobile will roll out a new cell-phone service that summarizes literary classics in ultra-terse text messages. The firm aims to "fillet" pertinent plot points and provide another important study aid by highlighting key quotes. Who's helping the company distill the works of Austen, Dickens and Shakespeare into prcis such as the one below of Romeo and Juliet? John Sutherland, who chaired the judging panel for this year's Man Booker Prize for fiction. The University College London professor says text messaging's "educational opportunities...
...This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.] Fund Name 1 year 3 years 5 years Guinness Atkinson Global Energy 62% New New Fidelity Select Energy Service 56% 34% 14% Fidelity Select Energy 54% 40% 9% Profunds Ultra Sector Oil & Gas 50% 38% 14% Fidelity Select Natural Gas 50% 28% 12% Vanguard Energy...
...LifeStyles should be avoided at this point.” UHS also consulted Dr. David Olson, Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UHS, who agreed that condoms that are on the market now have been tested rigorously and offer equivalent levels of protection. Moreover, consumer reports rate the LifeStyles Ultra Sensitive condom as one of the top three condoms for strength and reliability. And, according to distributors, LifeStyles condoms are traditionally one of the top three highest selling condom brands on the market. UHS also contacted distributors who noted that claims to condom durability are often matters of personal preference...
...Aramaic for “holy guests”), unholy houseguests stir up holiday trouble—only in this film, the celebration is of the biblical Exodus rather than a settler/American-Indian dinner. “Ushpizin” is the first film made with collaboration between the ultra-Orthodox community and secular filmmakers and is aimed squarely at general audiences as an comedy anyone can enjoy. Set in modern-day Jerusalem, it follows the lives of poor, kindly Moshe Bellanga (Shuli Rand—also the movie’s screenwriter) and his wife Malli (Rand?...