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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Strata is one of the many so-called toxic assets clogging the nation's financial pathways. What's more, the complicated bond and its ilk are likely to present a significant stumbling block in the government's latest effort to fix our ailing banks. (Read "Why Your Bank is Broke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Geithner's "Bad Bank": A Toxic Financial Mutant | 2/9/2009 | See Source »

...play of the night, senior Evan Harris, bad knee and all, rose up for a thrilling block to deny Brown’s offensive MVP, junior center Matt Mullery, from getting his 29th point...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Snaps Losing Streak With Narrow Victory Over Brown | 2/9/2009 | See Source »

Freshman goaltender Matt Hoyle made a career-high 45 saves on Friday against Yale, but it was the five shots he could not block that cost the Harvard men’s hockey team the win.With a barrage of attempts on net and an aggressive offensive assault, the Bulldogs downed the Crimson (5-13-4, 5-7-4 ECAC) in a blowout to complete the season sweep of Harvard. Hoyle limited the damage, but his effort was in vain. No. 14 Yale (16-5-1, 11-3-1) triumphed, 5-1.“My overall impression was that after...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Overwhelmed by Relentless Bulldogs Offense | 2/9/2009 | See Source »

...would have a hard time not saying Titanic. (See the 100 best movies of all time.) 21. I once sent a teacher into early retirement by pretending to be a cheetah and swiping at her from under a desk. 22. I once ran into New Kids On the Block's Joey McIntyre in the lobby of an off-Broadway show. I told him he was the first boy I ever loved. He laughed and kind of smiled. This was the most gratifying moment of my life. 23. My friends say that when they shave my back, I purr like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 25 Things I Didn't Want to Know About You | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...title suggests, the book seeks to dispel any suspicion that a series of setbacks Royal has suffered since her May 2007 loss to Sarkozy has weakened in any way her bid for another run in 2012. In addition to the jabs at those she feels are conspiring to block her path, Royal also punctuates the book's pages with the boundless self-confidence that has proven both an asset and a liability to her over time. (See pictures of Bastille Day celebrations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ségolène Royal's Book-Length Whine | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

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