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...with your name on U.S. currency someday?). But I'm not sure congratulations is exactly the right word, given the fiendishly parlous economic times in which we now live. I do wish you luck, though, and in this little missive I'll try to offer a bit of advice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter to My Friend Tim Geithner | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

...Finally, it would be nice if, upon inheriting Paulson's job in January, you provided a bit more coherence to just what exactly you guys are trying to do, and how. I know this is much easier said than done, given the startling rapidity with which things have headed down the drain. But the bailout of Citibank about a week ago makes the point; at the start of this, the so-called TARP (the Troubled Asset Relief Program) was going to be used to buy bad assets from financial institutions. Those institutions could then be recapitalized and, with their balance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter to My Friend Tim Geithner | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

...Midwest Express, in 1984 partly to compensate for the lack of service in Neenah, Wis. (its headquarters at the time) and to optimize the use of its owned or chartered planes. Midwest Express quickly became known for top-rated service, unsurprising coming from a company that knew a little bit about taking care of customers' tushes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Big Three Should Fly Corporate Jets | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

...basketball Beanpot took place semi-regularly four times in the 1970s and the Crimson won half of those, taking the titles in 1973 and 1976. In fact, the 1976 was the last time that tournament was held, making Harvard the reigning basketball Beanpot champion.Harvard will have to wait a bit longer for a chance to defend the title. While it plays each Boston school, Boston College will only face the Crimson this year, knocking this unofficial event out of perfect harmony. Not that this will make Harvard’s basketball derbies any less exciting.“Anytime...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Ready to Take Down the Terriers | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

...just right-wing kooks in Middle America who believe Barack Obama is secretly a Muslim: conspiracy theorists across the Middle East have embraced the idea with the same fervor they bring to other bizarre notions. I am not a bit surprised when, later in the conversation, Mohammed assures me that Israel was responsible for the 9/11 attacks and that Saudi Arabia had agreed to bail out the U.S. economy in exchange for an American invasion of Iran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baghdad Scuttlebutt: Pssst! Obama's a Shi'ite | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

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