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The age of genius
Oct 3rd 2012, 16:49 by The Economist online
The age and sex of MacArthur fellows麦克阿瑟奖
WHERE Britain has its honours list and France its legion d'honneur法国荣誉军团勋章, the American counterpart相对应的（奖励） might well be the MacArthur Foundation's "genius" awards, whose latest winners were announced this week. Since 1981 a secret committee 秘密委员会with a mysterious process神秘色彩 usually pick around 25 people annually, who get $500,000 each with no strings attached没有任何附加条件. How have the types of winners changed over time? The chart below shows that ［图表作文经典描写语句］women are being selected more frequently since the first winners in 1981, when only six of the 42 were women. ［when用来解释1981年具体状况］It also highlights突出；强调 the period between 1985 and 1995 when the foundation基金会 was criticised 批评for doling out awards 发放奖励 to older people, which ［非限制性定语从句表意义］seemed to recognise past achievement rather than future promise. It has since reverted to恢复；回到leaning towards youth倾向于年轻人. Yet ［位于句首＝but］clever hopefuls聪明的候选人 can take comfort that the oldest winner was 82 and the youngest 18.
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Which MBA? Top 25
DESPITE its reputation as a finance powerhouse 金融巨头, and a churner-out of super-quants, the return of Chicago’s Booth School of Business 芝加哥布斯大学商学院to the top of The Economist’s full-time MBA rankings is proof that it is a well-rounded全面的 school. Our ranking measures the things that MBA students themselves say are important. Not surprisingly, 不足为奇for a degree that can cost more than $100,000, the extent to which a programme opens new career opportunities comes highest on their list. In this regard就这一点而言, Chicago has few peers.少有对手 Its graduates find employment in the widest range of industries; its students gushed about滔滔不绝地讲 its careers service when marking it for The Economist. North America and Europe account for all the schools in the top 25. The highest-placed 最高排名school from outside those regions is the University of Queensland,at 27th. The highest placed Asian school is the University of Hong Kong, which ranks 41st. ［写作必备］
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