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While Goldman Sachs millionaire Jon Corzine made it to the Senate last year, Bloomberg notes that three-quarters of wealthy candidates fail. And New York City has never elected a rich suitor. As Giuliani learned in 1989, the first time a novice runs for mayor, he loses. Still, the billionaire...
The program, which has been dubbed the "social-norms" approach, is in effect at a number of other colleges--with similarly sparkling results. Northern Illinois University has seen a 44% reduction in binge drinking, Western Washington University is down 20% and the University of Missouri-Columbia is down 18%. One...
There are good and bad people in Balata too. But the bad people got a leg up from this intifadeh. In the first intifadeh, from 1987 to 1993, Balata was the hot zone, a beacon of Palestinians' willingness to sacrifice. But seven years of Arafat's regime have destroyed that...
"The FAA's proposals are a great first step in hammering out what virtually every other industry in America has learned: How to use the marketplace to allocate a scarce resource," says David Plavin, head of the Airports Council International-North America, a Washington group that represents airport managers and...
Not long ago, I learned the true, deadly nature of cell phones. I was driving down a highway in North Carolina, marveling at the novelty of my situation (New Yorkers, contrary to what you might have heard, don't spend much time in the driver's seat). It was a...