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The root of the problem with the lottery is information: freshmen are given too little of it to make an informed choice. The plan to give freshmen their numbers in advance was a worthy effort to reduce this difficulty but, like many half-measures, it only made things worse. Harvard...
"E4D wants to have a debate on the merits of the University's investment in South Africa, which I think is definitely a worthy topic for debate. But it has absolutely nothing to do with the senior gift," Rudnick said, stressing that since none of the Class Gift contribution goes...
Here's the problem. On the one hand, the glut of celebrities in politics makes it unfair for competitors. Little Joe Kennedy is going to wipe out some very worthy opposition in the race for Tip O'Neill's seat. As was once said of Uncle Ted, if his name...
In this country, of course, we don't have a nobility, the idea having been outlawed by the Founding Fathers (who nevertheless insist on being known by capital letters). Human nature and affectation being what they are, we have naturally produced a nobility of our own, somewhat more transient although...
Tough talk like that demonstrates the ominous desperation of regimes suffering from dried-up oil dreams. Says Hormats: "The geopolitical impact of the oil-price collapse is immense and unpredictable." A Bank of America report issued last week predicts that average inflation in the Middle East will jump from 28...