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...sovereign victim, it is important to understand that every party involved would have benefited from more coordinated international regulation. The crisis affecting Iceland has its roots in the catastrophic consequences of an oversized banking industry in a country without the financial muscle to become a lender of last resort amidst a liquidity crisis. Although the country had been known for generations as an isolated fishing outpost off Europe, in the last few decades the national economy veered from fish to finance. According to official figures, the fishing industry shrunk from 16 percent to 6 percent of GDP between...
...stage as the two characters run frantically to escape. The result is a well-created sense of chaos, a bit clunky in its execution, but astounding in its conception.The overlying nonsensical nature does not, however, detract from the serious condition. Instead, there is something like truth that resonates even amidst the obvious exaggeration: this was Romania in the 1980s, and it was crazy. When Elena and Nicolae are captured, the lights on-stage darken, revealing only the projected letters, “THEIR REAL WORDS.” Meanwhile, you can here them struggling to get away, and Elena cries...
...There is yet another way to see this as a glass-half-full situation. Beginning one’s career amidst turmoil nearly ensures that our work lives will only improve with time. Better to suffer economic instability at 22 than at 45—hence averting a midlife crisis...
...Infinite Playlist.”, leaving only the front row empty. The thunderous applause came even before the movie began as Ben Schwartz ’10, vice chair of the College Events Board, introduced the film, which tells the story of two high school seniors looking for love amidst the jaded chaos of the city, finally finding it through shared music tastes. The boisterous audience was incredibly involved throughout the course of the film, screaming in disgust when a drunk Caroline, Norah’s best friend, reached into a defecated toilet—a maneuver she learned...
...prone Bush administration had to beg Congress to pass one of the largest government interventions in history, and before we know it, someone like Governor Sarah Palin may literally be a heartbeat away from becoming Commander in Chief of the world’s only military superpower. And now, amidst the havoc, an unlikely alliance between Russia and Venezuela has developed in the interconnected realms of energy and defense...