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...Admissions Office received an unprecedented 20,986 applications this year, surpassing last year’s record number of 19,605 and making this the twelfth year out of the past thirteen that the number of applications to the College has risen...
Like the reliable erection its new product promised, Pfizer's stock had risen 21% in the previous two months. Some urologists bought rubber stamps so they could churn out prescriptions, and equally excited patients booked advance appointments. Despite all that, Viagra, the world's most popular prescription party drug, didn't have much of a party the day the FDA gave its much-anticipated O.K. to sildenafil citrate. That's because giant pharmaceutical companies--even ones that get a license from the government to print money in blue-pill form--aren't really party places. "We had a nice dinner...
...Avoid big airlines. Their cost structures require more business than they're likely to get anytime soon, and even JetBlue and Southwest will struggle. If you think firms like engineering giant Fluor can do well rebuilding Iraq's oilfields, you're right--but late. Fluor's shares have risen 64% since October...
...Americans who may wonder why the people of southern Iraq have not risen up in revolt against Saddam yet would receive an instructive lesson in a household near the American positions. Outside the house a man stood smiling and waving at every passing American vehicle. A soldier, passing on foot spotted a picture of Saddam on the wall and pointed at it. Unabashed the man went into his home took the picture down and spit on Saddam's face. He then carefully wiped it off and hung the picture back...
...housing assignments on Thursday, each student will have been randomly assigned to one of twelve microcosms of the College. At the time of its implementation seven years ago, randomization was feared to bring the death of House community. But in the years since then, House e-mail lists have risen to prominence, allowing students to feel connected to one another, and their Houses—from the comfort of their dorm rooms...