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...there was no historical evidence to back up the "comfort women" allegations. Last week, an even larger group of legislators announced that they had determined that the death toll of the Nanjing Massacre - where Japanese soldiers slaughtered Chinese civilians over a three-week period - was just 20,000, one-tenth of the figure widely accepted among historians. Even without wading into the morass of what constitutes "historical evidence," such endeavors are plainly terrible for Japan's image abroad. "It really just makes the whole country look really bad," says Dujarric. "It's what you'd call an 'own goal...
...World's End led the North American box office with $44 million. In second place was the no-star comedy Knocked Up, at $30 million. Which number made Hollywood happier? The second, because the budget of the Judd Apatow comedy was also in the $30 million range, about a tenth that of Pirates. And as word of mouth goosed Knocked Up's weekday grosses past Pirates, the film also certified its leading man, Seth Rogen, as a new comedy star. First law of movie economics: an action epic costs buckets to make; a comedy, peanuts...
...disparity is especially stark in the investment banking sector. More than a fifth of Harvard men who are entering the workforce are headed to investment banking jobs—compared to just a tenth of Harvard women...
...great temptation,” Clinton said, “is to believe that the one-tenth of one-percent of you that is different and which brought you here [to Harvard]...is really...
...Americans. “At the end of the year, the guys that needed to do well did,” said Preston. The Crimson saw dominating individual performances not only at nationals, but also at the EIWA Championships, where Caputo took the 184-lb. title, marking the tenth year in a row a Crimson wrestler has earned top honors at EIWA competition. O’Connor took second after a close loss in the finals, and Meltzer and Preston each took third. Meltzer, who had a perfect 5-0 record in Ivy play, and Caputo both earned First-Team...