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...rates are headed. This week's hoopla is all reaction to Bernanke's reading of the economic tea leaves. The real excitement hits June 28-29, when the next rate hike ? or hold ? is announced. One thing is certain; after Monday's performance, fewer people on Wall Street or Main Street will be foolish enough to think they know exactly what Ben Bernanke and the Fed is going...
...main propellant for the craze has been the presumption that calcium can ! help prevent osteoporosis, the degenerative bone disease that afflicts an estimated one-quarter of elderly men and half of elderly women in the U.S. Three years ago scientists at a National Institutes of Health conference on osteoporosis advised Americans to increase their daily intake of calcium to 1,000 mg (compared with the Government RDA of 800 mg); the recommended level for postmenopausal women was an even higher 1,500 mg. Calcium fever soon swept the country...
...every action a woman makes within the broader framework of “women’s roles” often obscures this individuality.It seems that the tendency to see any action taken by a female as indicative of some broader assertion about women in society comes from two main sources—the need to add a broader point to news stories and thus give them more impact, and the focus on the female sex as a whole triggered by the women’s rights movement.After four years on The Crimson, I understand the desire...
...paid by other universities in the Boston area. The same wage gap does not apply to the case of HUDS employees. Another issue raised was the academic year schedule of the University’s dining services operation. As most people know, this schedule reflects the needs of their main customers, Harvard’s students. When Harvard is not in session, approximately 20 percent of HUDS employees remain employed there. However, managers have been successful at placing many additional HUDS workers in temporary paid positions in other University departments. Those who are furloughed typically obtain seasonal employment outside...
...fact, future Nick—if you haven’t pretentiously changed your name to Nicholas yet—you’re probably shaking your head at the idea that I could possibly give you any useful advice.)Gilbert’s main point is that you can’t imagine the next four years any better than I can imagine the four you just lived. A few errors contribute to this failure. First, I assume that the way I experience the world is unique. I optimistically hope that law school will be fun, even though...