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...states—like Ohio and Pennsylvania—that are falling behind in the new economy. But any victory they might win in this way is really quite Pyrrhic from an ideological standpoint: The yuppified Democrats would abandon labor unions and economic populism altogether, marginalize civil rights, and attract middle-to-upper class whites with a boring but effective message of competent governance. This strategic shift would only ignite another culture war, one perhaps just as divisive, fueled by the Oedipal resentment of pseudo-bohemian youth against their suburbanite parents. Given the choice, I’d choose...

Author: By David L. Golding | Title: Virginia Is For Others | 10/7/2008 | See Source »

Mayersohn said he believes that the book store fulfills a particular need in the community that a larger chain store could not. The Harvard Book Store holds community events with prominent authors that regularly attract over 300 people...

Author: By Emily J. Hogan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Alum To Manage Harvard Book Store | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...Corporation for National Service, a federal agency that works to foster volunteering and civic involvement in the United States, is awarding the grants as a way to attract top researchers to study government data on volunteering and civil engagement, according to Corporation spokesman Sandy Scott...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Putnam Awarded Kennedy School Research Grant | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...your brother attract a lot of attention on the streets of Beijing...

Author: By Sarah B. Schechter, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Cameron Winklevoss ’04 | 10/1/2008 | See Source »

...amount you can expect from a top-yielding certificate of deposit has fallen from about 5.5% to 4.25% over the past year, according to Bankrate.com. On the surface that seems to indicate banks aren't that worried - if they really needed cash, wouldn't they up their rates to attract more money? Well, over the same period of time, the federal funds rate has been cut from 5.25% to 2% - a much wider margin. "Banks are hungry for deposits, and that's why yields haven't fallen all that much," says Bankrate's McBride. And CD yields...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Credit Crunch: Where Is It Happening? | 9/30/2008 | See Source »

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