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...theory seems at first to be blatantly obvious. It holds that people tend to save when they are young to create a nest egg for their old age. Basic though it may be, that notion ranks among the most powerful and widely used concepts in modern economics. It was also the work for which M.I.T.'s Franco Modigliani, 67, the theory's principal author, was named the 1985 Nobel laureate in economic science. "With many people, the Nobel Prize is a question of if," said Paul Samuelson, an M.I.T. colleague and the 1970 economics laureate. "With Franco, it was only...
...said its rates were under review. But one Midwestern banker privately doubted that many institutions would reduce their charges soon. "Why should they?" he observed. "They're growing fat on interest income, and until competitive pressures force a cut, they're not going to give up the golden egg...
...principal drug in question, Pergonal, is a mixture of hormones extracted from the urine of postmenopausal women. It is used to stimulate the maturation of egg-bearing follicles in the ovaries of women who are infertile because their natural hormonal secretions are either low or out of sequence. In most cases, the drug causes the maturation of a single follicle, which can then be induced by HCG to release its egg into the fallopian tube for fertilization. But the exact amount of Pergonal required to cause just one follicle to mature rather than three or four--or in this case...
Unfortunately for the once-a-year rowing fan, rooting for Harvard isn't that easy. But don't despair, there'll be numerous opportunities to egg on both the Crimson and the Black & White...
Molander said he believes Columbus landed at Egg Island in the Bahamas, much further north than the island championed by Morrison...