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Forbidding free distribution also gives the paid-subscription Crimson a grossly unfair distribution advantage over the free publications, which translates into an unwarranted financial advantage. What a dull, unchallenged campus it would be if only the Crimson could deliver to students' rooms.
Which is a biologist's way of saying horseshoe crabs are repulsive. The scientific name, Limulus polyphemus, loosely translates as "slant-eyed Cyclops." But horseshoe crabs are not really crabs at all. They are arthropods, distant relatives of scorpions and spiders.
THIS mistrust often translates into arrogance. Harvard seems to feel that neither its students nor its alumni are worth accepting advice from, but they work very hard to convince us that we should remember Harvard and all the good it did for us by giving money as generously as we...
The commanding presence that Gorbachev has been able to exert on the world stage has helped shore up his power at home. This week he is again on the road. In his visit with Cuba's Fidel Castro, who is no fan of perestroika or glasnost, the Soviet leader will...
Long-established practices in the livestock industry are also worrisome. For decades, cattle ranchers have been promoting weight gain in steers and heifers by giving them drugs. More than half the 35 million U.S. cattle sold at market each year had pellets embedded behind their ears that during key growth...