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...tempted to go over to the Women's Soccer game because the gimmick over there is a Dartmouth winter hat and judging by how cold I am right now, I'm thinking about it. Oh and Penn just scored a touchdown so they're beating Brown 10-3. Woohoo...
...light of today's SAT for prospective Harvard students, here's an SAT style analogy. As we walked into Memorial Field, attendants were passing out Dartmouth license plate frames, a cheap gimmick to attract fans. So here's the analogy: Harvard Stadium:Memorial Field::The Harvard Crimson: ?? Answer in five minutes...
...things were absurdly good on Wall Street—the idea of using expensive labor to make traditionally cheap goods was possible because a large number of people were willing to pay over the “Made in China” price for the sake of a moral gimmick. Now that prices are rising across the board, particularly for necessities like gas and food, people are far more likely to drop morals in favor of cheaper, foreign-produced products.It’s fairly reasonable to expect that American Apparel’s retail business will be affected...
...found he had very little power to win votes for the deal or shape the negotiations. In fact, House Republicans voted against the initial package he supported by a margin of 2 to 1. Second, many viewed his decision to suspend his campaign as little more than yet another gimmick designed to grab press attention...
...presidential candidate to suspend his campaign (or purport to) at the height of the election season can only be a gimmick. While McCain may have canceled his public events, the wheels of the McCain advertising machine continue to turn in several states; McCain has done nothing to stop campaign commercials on national cable that have already been cued up or radio advertisements in Florida, for instance. For a self-avowed “maverick,” McCain is proving despicably adept at playing the game of underhanded politics. Moreover, this is just the latest in a string of troubling...