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...stuff, that goes double for expensive stuff. And Apple occupies the premium space in the computing world. Jobs has famously and consistently refused to dance the price-cutting limbo with PC makers. As recently as October, he told analysts he wasn't "tremendously worried" that recession-wary customers would flock to $300 PCs. (See the top 10 iPhone applications...
...just in sterile study settings that the contagion of happiness is spreading. Christakis and Fowler noticed that people who are smiling on their Facebook pages tend to cluster together, forming an online social circle like a delirious flock of cyberbirds. And while some of this joy can certainly be traced to the copycat effect--if your friends post smiling pictures, you might feel like a grouch if you don't too--Christakis and Fowler are analyzing the clusters to see if something more infectious might be at work...
...Having become a conspicuous figure to which like-minded radicals tend to flock has made El Aroud of particular interest to investigators. In December she was among several people arrested, but eventually released, on suspicion that they were planning to break a convicted jihadist out of prison. If her visibility turns out to have aided Belgian cops in breaking up a jihadist plot, El Aroud's vocal radicalism may prompt future plotters to avoid her like the plague...
...among the mixing and matching of bright colors around me. “A duckling leading other ducklings,” my friend remarked after seeing me guiding the group of girls around campus. Well, in that case, I was feeling very much like the ugly duckling in a flock of Technicolor birds. Even their electronic dictionaries were of pearl pinks and sky blues. Though their pocket dictionaries largely mediated our communication, the girls were able to translate the popular fashions in Japan to me: “lace,” “sporty,” American...
...House masters, since at least one House, Currier, is in fact not having any parties this weekend—dining hall, room, or otherwise. The House masters and the administration must recognize the danger presented by stuffing Harvard and Yale students into tight House spaces. Moreover, many students will flock to final clubs and off-campus buildings to party. If ensuring student safety is a major priority for the College, it seems counterintuitive to push Harvard and Yale students into partying in more isolated venues. Some immediate changes could ameliorate the problem. The College should provide large venues...