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...while the major studios hope for a boost, there are other observers who - glitz and glamour of the Globes aside - question the veracity of the HFPA. Numerous entertainment writers have challenged the group's diversity, its members' qualifications as journalists, and their attentiveness in screening every major contender. There's also the charge that the group votes based on star caliber, and not film quality - celebrating the A-list more than encouraging the B-list. The journalists may be foreign, but the agenda seems strictly Hollywood...
...first, it was like any other game. The score was tight, with the Harvard men’s basketball team trailing by a few points in the closing minutes of the second half against Long Island on Dec. 9, 2006. The Crimson needed a boost. Running the ball up the court, then-sophomore point guard Erik Groszyk came under heavy defensive pressure and took an elbow to the back of his head. “At the time it didn’t seem to be a very bad blow, but it turned out to be a pretty terrible concussion...
...This is a big name and it shows that he [Obama] is not going to treat the Veterans Affairs Secretary as a low priority."- Paul Reickhoff, executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, on how the appointment will boost veteran's morale...
...another troubling note, some economist question whether the lower mortgage rates would even boost sales or home values. A 2006 study of mortgage rates and New York City housing prices going back to 1975 by Lucas Finco of Quadlet Consulting found no correlation between lower mortgage rates and higher housing prices, or vice versa. "The relationship between mortgage rates and home prices is pretty obscure," says Jack Guttentag, a professor emeritus of finance at the Wharton School of Business...
Harvard's Glaeser calculates that in a stable market reducing mortgage rates to 4.5% would boost home prices by 5.2%. But this isn't a stable market. Before the announced plan, housing prices were expected to drop as much as another 20%. That means the Treasury's proposed mortgage rate cut will fall well short of stopping the continued fall in real estate prices. "All of these subsidies end up with taxpayers holding the bag," says Glaeser. "It's a terrible idea...