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...Bit’s mother and Aunt Mary. Her increasingly drunken instructions for ladylike alcohol consumption are charming and comical, yet Cousins also delivers one of the most moving monologues of the play as Peck’s distressed wife Mary, counting the days until Li’l Bit leaves home...

Author: By Ali R. Leskowitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: B.U.'s 'How I Learned' Driven by Powerful Acting | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...been working on my rhythm a little bit,” Casey said. “[But] I think the shots are just finding me. I’m a little more comfortable with the offense since the beginning of the season...

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Casey Makes Most Of Chance | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...That was the best race of the season for me,” Ryerson said. “I started strong and then faded a bit. The last 12k or so I picked it up. I pleased with...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Skiing Posts Solid Results | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...resistant as well. The new agency was included in the financial reforms the House of Representatives passed along party lines in December, but it has been a stumbling block as the Senate has struggled to put together a bipartisan bill, and even the House version was watered down a bit. Small banks were allowed to keep their old regulators; realtors and auto dealers were exempted from new regulation; a requirement that lenders offer "plain-vanilla" mortgages in addition to exotic products was scrapped. (Read "Don't Kill the Consumer Financial Protection Agency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...have been approved. It's certainly true that the securities that sparked the crisis began imploding after subprime borrowers began struggling to repay the underlying loans. Still, the notion that a CFPA would have prevented the mess is debatable at best. It's not as if all borrowers who bit off more than they could chew were deceived; many of them just wanted more house than they could afford, and it's not clear whether an agency devoted to helping consumers would have pushed for stricter scrutiny of their credit histories, higher requirements for their down payments and other borrowing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

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