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Universities

February 1, 2008

Harvard

It is rather smug how Harvard alumni, when asked where they went to school, respond with, "In Boston."

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February 1, 2008

Yale

Although Yale has a good law school, Yale itself can feel more like a retirement community for geniuses than a stimulating university: The great Yale faculty members get tenure there decades after doing their brilliant work elsewhere.

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February 3, 2008

Ivy League

The Ivy League universities happen to be good schools, but academics has nothing to do with the Ivy League: the Ivy League was founded as a football league and still today remains merely an intercollegiate athletic league.

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February 8, 2008

Dartmouth

It's curious how, when people list the Ivy League schools, they tend to forget Dartmouth.

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