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...It’s a shift away from very visible public intellectuals to very prolific intellectuals who are not necessarily recognizable in a public sphere,” says Glenda R. Carpio, assistant professor of African and African American Studies. “That’s a significant shift, and it’s going to take some time for the number of concentrators to catch...
...shift has, it seems, been welcomed by a majority of students, as well it should be. The Core is a hopelessly weak concept, suited perhaps to the fractious political climate of higher education in the late 1970s, but certainly not to the best interests of Harvard undergraduates. It serves paradoxically to limit class choice without offering substantive academic guidance about which texts or concepts students should encounter during their four years in college...
...lose weight on any calorie-restricted diet. It can be pickles, pie or cabbage soup. Eat fewer calories than you burn, and pounds melt away. The monumental problem dieters face is making the shift from quick weight-loss schemes to healthy eating. It's a tall order, and the vast majority of dieters fail. After a few months of abstinence, most revert to old habits and gain back everything--and often more. The secret of dieters who keep pounds off for good is that they skip gimmicks altogether and focus from the very beginning on healthy eating habits they...
...with consumers and add complexity to operations. Yet the industry has relied on them for profits--instead of, say, finding and selling the stuff that shoppers really want. Grocery manufacturers, who have leaned on the allowance system to help launch new products and unload unpopular ones, were forced to shift gears because Wal-Mart forgoes all allowances and simply negotiates--famously and ferociously--for a lower total price, or dead net cost...
Much has been made of the Howard Dean campaign's knack for online fund raising and MoveOn.org's success in uniting like-minded netizens. But that's just part of a much larger paradigm shift. Real campaign technology is just now booting up. Powerful search tools often honed on vast, private consumer databases are playing increasingly important roles in shaping election strategies. Technology managers have become important campaign advisers, providing precision guidance on how campaign funds should be allocated and what messages might resonate. "Elections are very much like one-day sales," says Dean Phillips, president of Aristotle...