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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...federal government will end up owning bits and pieces of businesses including banks, car companies and insurance firms as it puts money into industries weakened by the recession. The Achilles Heel of this investing strategy is that there is no central authority watching the "portfolio" and no publicly articulated statement about when the holdings will be valuable enough to sell. Essentially, the taxpayer has nothing to tell him about the planned returns on his investments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's Actually Running the Government's Portfolio? | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

...recent information may shed some light on what has become one of the central questions surrounding Monday's shooting—why Cosby was on campus, which even his mother has said is a mystery...

Author: By Christian B. Flow and Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Kirkland Shooting Victim Linked to Harvard Campus Drug Trade | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...Over the past 10 years, FAS has added 230 administrative staffers to its payroll, while Houses have kept their staff size steady over the same time period. Central administrators thus need to look inward for cuts. The administration’s main role should be to support the faculty and students here in pursuing their educational and developmental goals. The administration should find savings at its own expense before endangering areas that have a direct and serious effect on the lives of students—like academics and House life. Specifically, given its recent rapid growth, the administration must strongly...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Turning the Mirror | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...staff and students. This is not to say that the specific proposals above are entirely unjustifiable—simply that the community spirit and nurturing environment created by House life, should not be lost to budget cuts—especially if these cuts are meant to spare the bureaucratic central administration’s jobs and salaries...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Turning the Mirror | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...coast of the emirate of Abu Dhabi. And in truth, there is a whiff of fantasy about this sand-colored, 64-room property, fringed by cobalt-blue sea on one side and, on the other, a saltwater lagoon fronting desert scrubland and a jumble of rocky central hills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wild Arabian Nights | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

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