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...response is that politicians have sacred missions too. Their duty is threefold: to be judicious about sending the troops off to war, to give the military everything it needs to complete the mission and, if it appears the mission is futile or compromised, to change it or end it. "You have to ask who is really undermining this mission?" says Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, a West Point graduate. "Didn't the Bush Administration undermine it from the start by going to war without sufficient cause, without sufficient planning, without sufficient equipment for our troops? Even now, I would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What It Means to Support the Troops | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

While Lesley representatives said they would be constructing four additional dormitories in the coming years after an expected threefold increase in enrollment by 2008, MIT is looking to restore its falling undergraduate population...

Author: By Nicholas K. Tabor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Talks Up New Housing | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

...increase at Harvard can be partially attributed to the overall increase in the number of students, according to Michael P. Rutter, communications manager for the Division of Engineering and Applied Science. Over the period from 1999 to 2006, the number of applicants to Harvard increased more than threefold, and the number of admitted students nearly doubled. The study also examined the number of doctorates given to specific demographic groups including “women, non-U.S. citizens, U.S. citizen Asians, and underrepresented minorities.” All of these groups had record-breaking numbers of doctorates awarded...

Author: By Merav D. Silverman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Churns Out More Scientists | 11/22/2006 | See Source »

...marketplace be as effective an arbiter of quality scholarship as refereed journals? Perhaps. Deliver too many bad findings based on sloppy science, and you won't remain in business for long. Since Neurosense's revenues are up threefold in the past year, you don't need a brain scanner to see that neuromarketers will be attracting business for some time to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marketing: What Makes Us Buy? | 9/17/2006 | See Source »

...marketplace be as effective an arbiter of quality scholarship as refereed journals? Perhaps. Deliver too many bad findings based on sloppy science and you won't remain in business for long. Since Neurosense's revenues are up threefold in the last year, you don't need a brain scanner to see that it and its legitimate competitors will likely be attracting business for some time to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brain Sells | 9/10/2006 | See Source »

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