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...percent of elementary schools are making a profit on the sale of fattening snacks. Naturally, good eating habits must be developed and nurtured at home, but parents have little control over how children use their lunch money at school. When given freedom of choice, few children can be relied upon to make well-informed decisions that prioritize their long-term health. The legislators backing this bill should be applauded for recognizing that the government has a moral imperative to encourage smart dietary choices and halt the alarming spread of childhood obesity...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Banning Bad Choices | 12/4/2007 | See Source »

What they will do is leverage a ratio of "credit" to dollars to you. This varies from broker to broker and depends upon the size of the trade. It is usually no less than 50:1 and is typically 100:1. At a ratio of 100:1, that means for every $1,000 you invest, you're actually trading with $100,000 - that is, you are actually carrying the risk on $100,000, the difference being a loan from the broker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should You Bet Against the Dollar? | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

...FASDuring the fall, local growers supply HUDS with one-third of its produce, including apples, cranberries, squash, and potatoes, according to Zdeb.In the early spring, only 6 percent of HUDS food is produced by local farms because harsh New England winters limit what can be grown.HUDS receive cartons upon cartons of local produce from Costa Fruit and Produce Co. Instead of relying on smaller farms in New England to meet Harvard’s 25,000-meals-a-day demands, HUDS turned to Costa to send loaded trucks from its 24-hour warehouse in Boston to Harvard?...

Author: By Cora K. Currier and Athena Y. Jiang, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: ‘Locavore’ Trend Picks Up on Campus | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

...make it rain.” The act of “making it rain” involves bringing large quantities of money to a locale (read: strip club), and then throwing said money in the air, thereby making it “rain” cash upon the revelers (read: strippers). Admittedly, the term is open to interpretation. When students were asked whether they were aware of the definition of making it rain, responses varied. “When I think of that term, I can only conjure images of certain fluids flowing other than champagne...

Author: By James A. Mcfadden, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pfoho Party 'Makes It Rain' | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

...Surprisingly to some, the most striking comments Sarkozy had upon arrival Monday night had to do with France's own colonial past, which he said was "profoundly unjust, [and] contrary to the three founding words of our republic: liberté, egalité, franternité". The view reversed Sarkozy's attitudes before becoming President, when he raised hackles in Algeria with his mocking disdain of what he has called the "detestable fashion of repentance" of French politicians, such as his predecessor, for alleged injustices inflicted during France's colonial period. After earlier acknowledging the role of the French state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarkozy Confronted by Algerian Anger | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

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