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Should denying gainful employment to an enterprising have-not make him or her feel more connected to the Harvard community? Limiting someones opportunities, economic or otherwise, ostensibly as a sign of respect, is class condescension writ large...
Harvard is known for its breadth of investments; BusinessWeek last month called the management company’s strategy “diversification writ large.” But the magazine noted that the University’s money managers can still make “huge bets,” like a commodities investment of over $2 billion in timber, or around one tenth of the total endowment...
Harvard is known for its breadth of investments; BusinessWeek last month called the management company’s strategy “diversification writ large.” But the magazine noted that the University’s money managers can still make “huge bets,” like a commodities investment of over $2 billion in timber, or around one tenth of the total endowment...
...numbers in swing states such as Arkansas, Michigan, Ohio and Oregon. It appears that these “values” voters may well have handed George W. Bush the election, but at a cost that transcends a single political victory. The constitutions of 11 states now bear the writ of discrimination, formalized in parchment, despite the fact that gay marriage was unlikely to be made legal in those states in the foreseeable future...
...convinced themselves it was unwise to respond to the Swifties' ads, which were running in only three states and were funded by a longtime Bush donor, because a rebuttal would serve to amplify the phony charges. And the advisers were determined to stay upbeat, in keeping with the holy writ of the focus groups that kept saying how distasteful they found negative campaigning. So when a jolt finally forced Kerry to face reality, it didn't come from any of his high-priced consultants and pollsters. The truth was delivered by men Kerry didn't even know, folks who have...