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...whom are small investors and many of whom are grouped in villages like Dosbarrios. The scandal's widespread reach suggests that, for all the country's recent economic growth, many Spaniards remain financially naive. "There was a lack of knowledge here," says Mayor Martínez. "Very few people understood the reality of the market." In that vacuum, the promise of higher yields - starting at 6%, as compared to the banks' 2% - easily outweighed caution. "It spread from mouth to mouth," explains Martínez. "One person would tell a friend or relative about the money he was earning...
...fact, both the disease and calcium's role in bone development are still poorly understood. During normal youthful maturation the body readily absorbs calcium, which helps to build bigger and denser bones. After about age 35, however, the process begins to reverse. The body becomes less able to take in calcium, and the blood, which needs the mineral for other organs, begins to leach it out of bones, leaving them weaker. Women suffer in particular because their bones are smaller and less dense than men's. More important, for reasons that are not yet known, menopause speeds up bone loss...
...place during the 4 a.m. debate about whether Kantian ethics can prove “Crash” really was an Oscar-worthy film, or the middle–of-the-afternoon discussion on how Foucault proves that “Pimp My Ride” can only be understood as a social phenomenon embedded in relationships of dominance and control...
...that sometimes it seems the only reasonable explanation for a prolonged disconnect is a little bit of irresponsibility. So, the next time I’m sheepishly admitting that I’ve, once again, lost my phone or forgotten to stop by my Gmail, I hope it is understood that it is not just my cavalier attitude towards my Samsung or general unreliability—though, there might be a bit of both. I just want to be alone for a while.Morgan R. Grice ’06, who was a Crimson editorial chair in 2005, is a government...
...report, which would expand the peer advising system’s academic counseling role, was the “direction [the prefect leadership] wanted to see itself go,” says Lindsay C. Page, the proctor-adviser to the prefects. The program’s student leaders understood that they “would lose some of their autonomy,” Page adds.Two years ago, the Prefect Program board submitted a proposal asking for more training on academic advising, says board member Haining Gouinlock ’07. “But it was surprising how quickly...