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Other friends from Morgan’s Harvard days consider him the ideal Irish Apprentice. The discipline and competitive spirit Morgan learned from years on Harvard’s crew team may be helping him stay afloat. But friends do point to potential pitfalls. “If there are any weaknesses, it’s if he has any romantic interests on the show that get in the way,” explains George A. Kitovitz...
...institutions that he believes have flat-out screwed the working class. In his latest film, Capitalism, Moore ridicules the business philosophy that has blown up the economy, resulted in 6 million job losses and required more than a $1 trillion in bailout money to keep the banks afloat - while millions of people have lost their homes to foreclosure. He's a man who has made perpetual outrage an art form in every sense of the word. He had some choice words for TIME's business editor, Bill Saporito. (See TIME's fall entertainment preview...
Let’s make this clear—the ship is not sinking. But it’s also definitely not yet seaworthy, and that is not a good sign for Harvard women’s soccer. While some teams would be satisfied just to stay afloat, the Crimson was expected to be exactly the opposite. A 2008 season that resulted in a share of the coveted Ivy title wasn’t nearly enough for a hungry Harvard squad. There was more work to be done. That assessment rings truer after this year’s start, which...
...book, though “hardly anybody even reads the darn thing anymore.”Yet it’s the painstakingly acquired collection of vintage clothing, ranging from the 1880s to the 1980s and dry cleaned and mended by Goldhagen herself that will certainly keep the business afloat. “I have no life,” Goldhagen jokes, explaining that she often sews quality buttons onto 1950s garments simply because the era produced shoddy originals. The steady stream of compliments from customers proves that her work does not go unnoticed. “This store...
...Merkel's government announced it would bankroll the Magna bid in May, pledging $2.1 billion as a bridge loan to keep Opel afloat, as well as $4 billion in future loan guarantees. The German government also made it clear it wouldn't stump cash for any other bidder. Some politicians accused Merkel of "blackmail" and warned that her government's support for Magna could backfire. Initially, GM had serious reservations about Magna's offer and seemed to favor a rival bid by the Belgian-based investor, RHJ International. One GM official said RHJ's offer was "simple and elegant...