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...this season will likely improve the Crimson’s standing—bonus points are awarded at the discretion of the committe—but losses to any of the five ECAC opponents remaining on the team’s docket will push Harvard closer to the lower bound for at-large bids...
...They should cheer instead. Big Breasts is a celebration of the power of women?as well as a lament about the fecklessness of men?in the world's oldest phallocracy. Mo Yan tells the story of Shangguan Lu, born in the last days of the Qing dynasty, raised with bound feet and married off to an infertile Northeast Gaomi blacksmith who is, she concludes, "a useless gob of snot outside the house and totally subservient in front of his mother." Desperate for a son, the girl cultivates a succession of other dolts and losers, who give her seven consecutive daughters...
...lasts about 10 days (March 19 to 28; $3,895 to $4,195 a person), and there is plenty of sightseeing in between the grinding and stewing. She tends to attract a small (no more than 10 people) but inquisitive group aged in the mid-40s and older, all bound by a love of adventure and traditional foods...
...second thing wrong here is the POA. Most are all encompassing and require no disclosure, making them vulnerable to wholesale abuse. Most family members wielding POAs don't understand they are fiduciaries who are legally bound to keep accurate records and receipts. In most states, they are forbidden to make gifts to themselves or anyone else. When they break those rules, they are almost never prosecuted...
...them too easy to steal. "Cheating is rampant," says Steve Taylor, a history teacher at Beverly Hills High School in California. "If you're not cheating, then you're not trying. A C means you're a loser." Every principal can tell a story about some ambitious student, Ivy bound, who cheats on an exam. Teacher flunks her. Parents protest: She made a mistake, and you're going to ruin her life. Teachers try to explain that good kids can make bad decisions; the challenge is to make sure the kids learn from them. "I think some parents confuse advocating...