Are first-borns more likely to attend Harvard? Between 75% and 80% of students at Harvard are first-borns. Do first-born children work harder academically‚ and so end up overrepresented at top universities? So claims noted philosopher Michael Sandel. But Antony Millner and Raphael Calel find a simple fault in the statistical reasoning and give a more plausible explanation. Michael Sandel’s book Justice1 is a rewarding and accessible account of political philosophy. Based on a course he has
Premium Education University College
Ancient Greece was made up of several hundred poleis‚ or "city states‚" during the archaic and classical periods (c. 800-323 BCE). Every polis acts as a tiny independent country. Many of these amounted to little more than villages or tiny towns that occasionally ruled extremely tiny areas. The two biggest‚ strongest‚ and ultimately most significant Greek city states were Sparta and Athens‚ which were at the other end of this scale. When it comes to politics‚ they could not be more dissimilar. In
Premium
is menu planning made more complex by expanding into other countries? McDonalds menu is economy to scale because when they order their product‚ they can order in bulk to lesion the cost. Also when you have a uniform menu‚ no matter what state you go to you know what to expect; which in return could increase sales. In places like India‚ where they do not eat cow‚ ordering a McDouble is simply not going to happen. The cow is their “God” and to put a food chain that specializes in serving their “God”
Premium Shopping mall Film Movie theater
NOTES Geography * Mesopotamia means the land between the rivers in Greek. (rivers = Tigris and Euphrates) * It is located in western Asia. * It is also known as the world’s earliest urban civilizations. (arose around: 3500 bc) * Mesopotamia‚ known as “the cradle of civilization”‚ was the centre of Sumerian‚ Babylonian‚ Assyrian‚ and Chaldean civilizations. * The area now forms most of modern Iraq‚ south-eastern Turkey‚ and eastern Syria. * The natural wealth of Mesopotamia
Premium Mesopotamia Sumer Babylonia
Ancient Chamorro Where did the Ancient Chamorros come from? The Chamorro race has never been definitively proven‚ the original inhabitants of Guam are believed to have been of Indo-Malaya descent originating from Southeast Asia as early as 2‚000 BC‚ and having linguistic and cultural similarities to Malaysia‚ Indonesia and the Philippines. Where did the word "Chamorro" come from? Chamorro comes from the native words "chamorri’ or "chamoli" words which signify "NOBLE". Spanish dictionaries
Premium
What are some of the Erosional and Depositional features found at Manchioneal? Table of Contents You should write this last in the order as seen in you syllabus. Aim To investigate and illustrate some of the erosional and depositional features in the
Premium Erosion Coastal geography Sediment
The differences between Classical Athens and Han China were major and distinctive. The background information‚ government‚ values of the individual‚ and art of each society show how differently each empire developed. Within the background information of both Athens and Han China you can automatically notice evident differences between the two. The first document shows the maps of both empires side by side. The Han Empire is isolated and much bigger than Athens’s city-state Attica‚ which is a mere
Premium Democracy Athenian democracy Government
building theaters and sports stadiums; they should spend more money on medical care and education. Recently‚ a criticism often heard is that the government tends to put too much money on building theaters and sports stadiums. They maintain that medical care and education would benefit the citizens and the country much more. However‚ I advocate building more theaters and arenas. Numerous circumstances lead to the worth of building theaters and arenas‚ but here are two main reasons: What strikes me
Premium
AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE IN THEATER AND THE ‘I’ OF THE BEHOLDER Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE Rationale of the Study Literature has always been a part of every man‚ whether enjoyed and appreciated in different perception‚ it could be through reading the text or by watching it on stage. In the end‚ the important is that readers and viewers are entertained and understood literature at its best. Theater is one of the ways which people can enjoy literature and it has always been
Premium Aesthetics Art Theatre
Peter C. DBQ Essay 09/12/12 3rd block For many reasons‚ Han Empire and Classical Athens have many differences. As Rudyard Kipling once wrote‚ Oh‚ East is east‚ West is west‚ And never the twain shall meet Kipling stated the obvious‚ the Han Empire and Classical Athens are completely different (Introduction). However‚ is it true? Of course these two civilizations have many differences‚ one is located in the west and the other is located in the east. The two civilizations are different
Premium Management Asset Balance sheet