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Cabot House, the College's largest House and home to current council Vice President John A. Burton '01, has zero people running for office...
...report, which was issued by Zero to Three, a nonprofit child development organization, in conjunction with the nonprofit Civitas, and Brio, the toy maker, is based on interviews with 3,000 adults, including 1,066 parents of children under the age of six. Sixty-one percent of all respondents felt regular spanking was an acceptable form of punishment. Even more surprising, thirty-seven percent of parents of young children believe it?s acceptable to spank children younger than two. And as a corollary befitting the old adage "spare the rod, spoil the child," fifty-six percent believe a 6-month...
This week, the Food and Drug Administration is ground zero in the American debate over abortion. The administration faces a Friday deadline to determine whether the so-called "French abortion pill," or RU-486, should be marketed in the United States. The drug, which is actually two separate pills taken under a physician's supervision over the course of two days, has been proven extremely effective in ending pregnancies up to the 50th day following conception. The drug is very different from the "morning-after pill," or emergency contraceptive, which is administered in the 24 hours following intercourse...
...make an aggressive bet on falling interest rates, consider a fund that buys zero-coupon bonds, which are hypersensitive to rate moves. Zeros are bought for a fraction of face value and make no regular interest payments but are redeemed at face value when they mature (unlike those old friends, they always do). The O'Higgins Fund and American Century Target 2025 are solid choices, both having returned more than 23% this year. Warning: returns would fall fast if rates head sharply higher, something few economists expect...
...schtick, the movie just never rose above its cheap tricks. Remember, Mary succeeded because of its pacing - in between the astounding sight gags, the Farrellys toyed with an ultrasweet romantic comedy that offered all kinds of weird nuances in Cameron Diaz' title character. Not only does Renee Zellwegger have zero personality as Irene, but the entire movie is one frenetic fart joke without even an instant of relief. And what's with the 'sticking [insert various objects here] up an ass' gags? The creators of the infamous hair gel and the Spud on speed surely can come up with something...