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...Harvard-time. Nearly 495 students filled the Brattle Theatre long before 7:45 p.m., the recommended arrival time for “Nick and Norah’s 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...
...through the International Bank for Development and Reconstruction. But with a global recession looming, no coordinated plan addressing the needs of poor nations is being discussed. "People are starting to worry a little bit that some of these emerging market countries are the ones that are left out," says Ben Carliner, director of research at the Economic Strategy Institute, a think tank in Washington...
...Monday, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and FDIC chairwoman Sheila Bair announced a widely expected effort to inject $250 billion in government funds into the troubled U.S. banking system. The goal: to get banks lending again and keep the economy from grinding to a halt. The funds will come out of the $700 billion bailout package already passed by Congress...
...same. Only 9% of Americans feel the country is on the right track, according to the latest Gallup poll - the lowest number in the poll's history. "I just don't want another four years of Bush, and here's McCain voting with him 90% of the time," said Ben Humphreys as he stood with his neighbors on that driveway in Troy. His wife Dawn said, "Obama seems to care more about people like me. He's more for the people...
...real nickname, “The Elmira Express”—and followed in the footsteps of NFL hall-of-famer Jim Brown at Syracuse. Davis not only won the Heisman in 1961; he also led Syracuse to its only national championship in 1959 under Coach Ben Schwartzwalder, played by Dennis Quaid. His success story quickly turned into a tragedy: after being taken first overall in the NFL draft, Davis was diagnosed with leukemia before he ever played an NFL down. He died shortly thereafter at the age of 23.In addition to his on-field performance, Davis...