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...sprinted down the corridors of TIME this afternoon, eager to spread the news of the New York Film Critics Circle voting for the year's best films. The winner, in the film, director, screenplay and supporting actor categories? The Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men, which three different people told me they'd been meaning to see. The runner-up, with wins for best actor and cinematographer? There Will Be Blood, an audience-punishing epic that doesn't open for another two weeks. Best actress? Julie Christie, in Away From Her, which earned less than $5 million...
...conference call with reporters this afternoon, University President Drew G. Faust said that the program, which will increase College's financial aid grant budget by $22 million—more than 20 percent—will be paid for using a variety of sources, including Faust's discretionary fund and funds from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson made that very clear Thursday afternoon. "This is a private sector initiative to deal with the volume of resets," Paulson said at a press conference following the unveiling of the plan. "You get approximately the same result as if you did it on a case-by-case basis...
...question is how many homeowners will actually be able to take advantage of the deal. In announcing it this afternoon, President Bush said "up to 1.2 million American homeowners ... could be eligible for this assistance." But it's likely the number able to meet the terms of the rate freeze - crucially, you have to have been making your payments, but be unable to keep doing so after the rate rise - will be much smaller than that. Earlier this week, reports The Wall Street Journal, the director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, John Reich, estimated that "tens of thousands" could...
...husband - still hewing to his complaints of amnesia - was declared medically fit for questioning Thursday afternoon. Dr. Ashok Jansari, an expert in the neuropsychology of memory at the University of East London, says there are tests capable of assessing whether Darwin was feigning amnesia, but that none - including a polygraph - is entirely reliable. Jansari told TIME he expected the evaluation would "try to capitalize on the discrepancy between true amnesia and what a layperson would think it is." He says that while it is "perfectly possible" Darwin could not remember spending time with his wife since 2002, "it would...