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It’s a strange comparison to make, but the similarities are all there, from the cartoon pop beat of “9 to 5” (think “The Real Slim Shady”) to the obsessively adolescent humor of “Tango.” Jokes about fake tans are funny to a certain extent, beyond which they are absolutely excruciating...

Author: By Richard S. Beck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CD Review: Lady Sovereign | 11/2/2006 | See Source »

...full cost through the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, a non-profit state organization created by the state legislature in 1982 to provide inexpensive student financing programs. The College’s Financial Aid Office’s (FAO) Web site, moreover, seems to give a fair side-by-side comparison of all the available loan options while refraining from advertising any specific private programs for those ineligible for federal and state loan programs...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Flirting with Financial Aid | 10/31/2006 | See Source »

...negotiating a preferred lender agreement does not excuse financial aid offices from fully informing students about their options and the different incentives that various lenders offer. When asked why more comprehensive loan comparison data isn’t available in a brochure or on the HLS Web site, Ryan cited time and space limitations, saying that “we just don’t have it put together,” while dismissing the University’s preferred lender agreement with Citibank as irrelevant. Moreover, University Financial Aid Liaison Officer Laurie A. Hogan told The Crimson that...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Flirting with Financial Aid | 10/31/2006 | See Source »

...titles, which seems to grow every week. I flip through 11 newspapers a day to keep up with events and search for story ideas. And those are just the main English-language dailies delivered to TIME's Delhi office, a relatively small selection whose number and circulations pale in comparison to their Hindi cousins. Indian publishers have over the past few years launched a plethora of new newspapers and magazines, covering everything from the latest cars to food to travel. Not surprising, then, that foreign media companies want a piece of the action, and have been clamoring for the government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Pounds of Cosmo | 10/31/2006 | See Source »

...national referendum on him and his performance. In the latest Washington Post--ABC News poll, 31% of those surveyed said they will use their congressional votes to register their opposition to Bush, which was almost double the percentage who said they felt that way before the last midterm. By comparison, only 17% said they plan to use their vote to show support for Bush. And Democrats are stoking that sentiment in ads like the one the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is running on television in Connecticut's Second District, in which an announcer intones: "Rob Simmons said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Lonely Election Season | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

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