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...days, big profits seem out of fashion. On Tuesday alone, Deutsche Bank announced its first quarterly loss in five years, while HBOS, the U.K.'s biggest mortgage lender, said it would replenish its depleted coffers with an $8 billion share sale. Both firms announced billions of dollars of fresh write-downs...
...higher education, Harvard’s decisions about climate change policies will likely influence other universities and organizations. In short, it is incumbent upon us to lead. Why? Because we can, and because we have a moral obligation to protect those most vulnerable to climate change. As we write, a task force convened by President Drew G. Faust is discussing how the university should address its climate footprint. This task force must realize that its charge is not as simple as reducing Harvard’s physical climate footprint. Nor can it presume to lead just by being the first...
...walls of his home were covered with sketches. In fact, drawing was such an important outlet for young Benton that he named one of the main characters in “Bad Company”—a semi-autobiographical film about the break-up of his first writing partnership—“Drew,” the past tense of “draw.” When he wasn’t drawing, Benton was going with his father to the local movie palace, where—since he couldn’t read?...
...water, the indigo island against an India ink sky. In a hundred years someone else will stand before this window. She will notice how the water looks different every day, how it is also the same. She will wonder if anyone ever lived on the island. She will write the answer in poetry...
...What we’re interested in here is not sex, but in how writers write,” she added...