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...friend is late, and my head is starting to hurt again...
...they are pocketing the difference. According to Nestor Osorio, the executive director of the International Coffee Organization, in the last decade, the major coffee companies’ revenues have doubled, while the earnings of ordinary coffee farmers have been slashed by two-thirds. This drastic fall in prices has hurt thousands of small coffee producers in Latin America and has perpetuated poverty and hardship among the farmers and their families...
...when he says that “Guidance counselors tell us it boils down to an early-application free-for-all, which is not healthy,” he must recognize that applying to college will remain an unhealthy free-for-all, regardless. Students are hurt if they are interested in multiple schools and can only apply to Harvard—without a chance of getting admitted early elsewhere. And Harvard is hurt if qualified students—who want to get in early and end the frenzied process—forsake Harvard to apply early to a few schools...
Walsh speculated that Hendricks was hurt by having to pitch game two and then take the field again on Saturday instead of having several days off to recover after his start. But Hendricks seemed compromised on the basepaths from as early as the first game on Friday afternoon, when he scored a run in the fourth inning...
...desire to trounce a rival often serves as ample motivation for athletes, but sometimes it doesn’t hurt to have a little extra incentive...