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...Facebook users supported Webb. Last week’s election yielded Webb 49.6 percent of the vote.In four of six governorship races highlighted by Facebook, users also supported the Democratic candidates. Those races were Arizona, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Wisconsin. Only in Texas and Michigan did user choices not correspond with the actual results.Dick M. DeVos, the Republican candidate for governor in Michigan, was the only Republican among these races who received a majority of the vote from Facebook participants, with 50.4 percent. But Jennifer M. Granholm, a 1987 Harvard Law School grad, bested him by more than 10 percentage points.Election...
...good way to start would be by doing away with the meaningless (sub)-zero to mid-twenties numbers that identify women’s clothing sizes but do not correspond to any actual part of a woman’s body. Obviously, wearing a size two does not mean that one’s waist is two inches in circumference. Instead, clothing companies should make the switch to the practices of men’s sizes—base the numbers on waist and height measurements. That way, women will have a consistent, concrete basis through which to understand their...
...nothing has changed about that.”A spokesman for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Robert P. Mitchell, confirmed Shleifer’s new title yesterday. The Boston Globe first reported the change on Friday.Harvard economics professors said that the move would likely not correspond with a cut in Shleifer’s salary, and it was unclear whether Shleifer had been penalized in any other way by the University. FAS officials and Shleifer declined to comment on the details of the professor’s punishment. The Crimson first reported the conclusion of a months-long investigation...
Beginning on Friday, Shleifer was identified only as a “Professor of Economics” at Harvard, though his personal website remained unchanged. Previously, he had occupied the more prestigious, endowed chair as the Whipple VanNess Jones professor. It was unclear whether the demotion would correspond with a cut in salary...
...Council on Foreign Relations found “Harvard and Beyond” to be more precise and not a victim of what he called a “common pathology,” with answer sets that aren’t exhaustive or don’t correspond to actual responses. As the basis for their own survey, the principal investigators looked at previous surveys, including the Mellon Foundation’s deacde-old study, “College and Beyond,” long considered a seminal work. College and Beyond targeted 34 selective colleges, but Harvard...