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...high gasoline prices, the bankruptcy of its largest parts supplier, Delphi, in Troy, Mich., and perhaps most critically, a glut of SUVs and sedans. For all those reasons, Wall Street is discounting GM's chances of survival. Bearish analysts say there's a 40% chance the company will go bust in a couple of years. "The forces working on the auto industry--not just on GM--are gigantic," says Gerald Meyers, a former chairman of American Motors Corp. "GM's future is undoubtedly going to be one of shrinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How GM Can Fix Itself | 11/27/2005 | See Source »

...certainly would,” responds Sullivan, when asked if a conference tournament would level the playing field. “That’s what a lot of schools around the Ivy League feel. We just need to bust through one time, because if we get there once, we might be able to get there again. And I think that’s why both Penn and Princeton continue to fight a conference tournament...

Author: By Joseph L. Abel and Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: HARVARD BASKETBALL 2005-06: Mining Talent Hard Task in Ivy League | 11/18/2005 | See Source »

...know that our dreams would soon reveal themselves to be merely a deceptively hot bosom beneath a corset, like the one Lil’ Kim wore in the “Lady Marmalade” video. Beneath the idealistic veneer were the fat, naked breasts of truth, ready to bust out and stifle anyone foolish enough to be tricked by the façade. Thus, we quickly realized that these proverbial breasts couldn’t possibly live up to real boobs on the Internet...

Author: By Christopher J. Catizone and Chris Schonberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: No. 8: THE BELL LAP: We Have Each Other | 11/16/2005 | See Source »

...When von der Heydt does bust smokers, he says, the actions he takes are remedial rather than punitive...

Author: By Dan R. Rasmussen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Rarely Punishes Student Drug Use | 11/14/2005 | See Source »

...chillax. Don't go splashing your bust a grape mozzarella on Britneys, hench - pick up two new nang Richard Snaries. The dope Cassell's Dictionary of Slang is dropped on Nov. 17. Five days later hail the buttery New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Flummoxed? Unless you happen to be a British teenager, it will take you a brow-furrowing few seconds to translate that into the Queen's English. If you want some help, click here or holler for your kids. Many teens in the U.K. have a fluent command of Blinglish, a melding of West Indian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: There Will Always Be a Blingland | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

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