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...crude oil prices. This month, as global gas prices took a steady upward march in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the price of crude oil - although still high by recent standards - was actually falling. That's because the real problem isn't crude oil prices. Crude oil is useless unless it is refined into the products we really need - gasoline, heating oil and jet fuel. Refining is a simple but essential step in getting from oil in the ground to gas in your car's fuel tank. Oil's various refined products, such as gasoline, kerosene and diesel, have different...
...same reason. "The state dismisses us as so many miserable failures and griping misfits," says FT coordinator and playwright Nikolai Khalezin, 40. The Moscow Art Theater is rehearsing his play Here I Come, but the work will not be performed in his own country. "No production is allowed unless cleared by censors," he says. Last March the FT announced a playwriting contest on its website; so far, 321 works have been submitted, even though the constraints on the FT means plays can only be staged clandestinely in barns, privately owned stores and workshops or, as last month...
...approach of the Freshman Dean’s Office thus far has been to enforce policies aimed at keeping freshman dorms completely dry. Effectively, these policies ensure that there are no discussions about alcohol use by freshmen unless they are caught drinking or have an alcohol-related medical emergency. These policies have produced more dangerous behavior than they have prevented. Instead of seeking help, students drink large quantities of alcohol in short periods of time to avoid getting in trouble. Alcohol policies have only succeeded in pushing freshman drinking underground...
...Similarly, skeptics thought making calls via PC wouldn't catch on; Skype has 54 million users, and says it is adding 150,000 new ones every day. All that potential, of course, may not be worth the $4.1 billion that eBay has pledged unless the company can use it to truly transform its business. To do that, eBay will have to integrate voice into the fabric of each listings. Bidders on eBay are comfortable emailing sellers with questions about an item; will they use a "Skype me" button just as readily? More importantly, will eBay sellers pay for the privilege...
...time were invariably friendly at Harvard is on our resumes and our facebook profiles. The only person ever to reject our friend request was Harvard-education-jonesing Hilary Duff. Its easy for 2009'ers to troll the facebook for friends. They'll find it significantly harder in real life; unless they dodge the freshman fifteen, that is. Then they can be our friends...