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...19th century French philosopher Auguste Comte, lies at the foundation of this week's special report. The social, cultural and economic fabric of a nation derives in large part from its population dynamics. For example, we tend to think a country's crime rate results from a complex mix of social factors, and it does. But it often traces mainly to a single population statistic: the number of young men between 15 and 30 years of age, the population cohort that tends to be responsible for the most crime...
...observations that inspire National Science Foundation- or Institutes of Medicine-sanctioned studies to prove or disprove the underlying larger claim. The sort of research TIME takes two Cornell University professors to task for not having already conducted at their own expense would require millions of dollars for a very complex multi-year home-monitoring study with hundreds of families in the study group allowing two-way recording devices throughout their homes and hundreds more in the control group...
...Larry has always been very valuable and highly sought after by the private sector.” D. E. Shaw, which has no Boston office, employs 1,000 staffers worldwide and manages a portfolio of about $25 billion. The famously secretive firm is known for its complex mathematical investment models as well as its nontraditional workforce. Its staff includes a Jeopardy champion, a former member of the MIT blackjack team, and several former professors, including the firm’s founder, David E. Shaw. “The D. E. Shaw Group has been pioneering in its approach to investment...
...reality of Iraq is quite different from Vietnam, more complex, and in its geopolitical implications, quite possibly much worse. The options reportedly being weighed by the bipartisan Iraq Study Group eschew both "cut and run" and "stay the course," and instead seek formulae for damage control under headings such as "containment" and "stabilization." That terminology is instructive, because from a strategic perspective, Iraq is less like Vietnam and more like Chernobyl, a nuclear reactor in meltdown, whose fallout may be even more dangerous than the fires that burn at its core...
...Side Story” fame.“Company” is a well-written show. Since Sondheim and his collaborator George Furth intentionally constructed an emotionally unavailable principal character, performing it can be a little risky. But regardless of the chances the directors may be taking with this complex, enigmatic musical—which is going up in the Ex during reading period—they have chosen what many Broadway lovers view as an antiquated, stylized piece.A poor choice? Hardly. Furth’s foundational book is replete with ’70s slang and cultural references, which...