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Recession recruits
The most impressive aspect of the figures released this week was not the quantity, but the quality of recruits. The Army stopped issuing waivers to people convicted of assault, arson or robbery in April, and extended the period of ineligibility after a failed drugs test. Almost 96% of this year’s intake finished high school, compared with just 83% last year.
Niall Ferguson v Paul Krugman
Ferguson and Krugman sat side by side – ideological poles of the debate at centre stage. Their contrasting demeanours made for great theatre, as Ferguson the eternal Head Boy, legs insouciantly crossed and chin high, looked down on the gnomic, hunched figure to his right.
© 2009 Andrew Purcell. 