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...caused concern, elementary-school children persuaded the Irish Road Safety Authority last week to revive a popular 1970s ditty called the "Safe Cross Code," which exhorts six easy steps (including "look for a safe place" and "don't hurry") for safe street crossing. But even the classics can sometimes afford a little modernization: the Irish musician Brendan Grace has agreed to re-record the old-time jingle as a cell-phone ringtone, which can now be downloaded for a fee that goes toward supporting national traffic-safety programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texting and Walking: Dangerous Mix | 3/21/2008 | See Source »

...Critics claimed he did not make clear how the comparisons compelled precisely the spending increase that Reagan proposed, rather than one twice as big or one half the size, since the President was essentially contending the military budget should have nothing to do with the nation's ability to afford the spending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archive: Reagan for the Defense | 3/21/2008 | See Source »

...facing default? Yes Favors a 90-day halt on subprime foreclosures and a five-year freeze on subprime interest rates Yes Would help people refinance, using a $10 billion fund from stiffer fines on fraudulent lenders Maybe Would help those who were bilked but not others who can't afford their mortgages

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Voter's Guide to the Economy | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

Alan Greenspan The king of easy money and little oversight kept the economy greased with low interest rates, but now the former Fed chairman is answerable for having made lending too available, especially to people who really couldn't afford to borrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wheel of Blame | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

...officers this week, the homeless people contacted included a man sleeping under his coat, another conspicuously hiding behind an open newspaper, and a woman clutching a duty free bag who insisted she was waiting for a flight, only to whisper when police were out of earshot: "I can't afford electricity; it's warm here; please, let me stay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heathrow's Down-and-Out Jet Set | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

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