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...course, it’s too easy to simply complain that the franchise has run out of ideas: this happened millions of dollars (and gallons of fake blood) before “Saw VI,” and cinematic originality has never been “Saw’s” strong point. The appeal, of course, is the blood and gore, and “Saw VI” delivers exactly what audiences have come to expect. Writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, also responsible for “Saw IV?...

Author: By Mark A. VanMiddlesworth, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Saw VI | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

Advertisers sometimes complain that all the stunts create skewed ratings and more expensive advertising costs. Technology certainly exists to record ratings year round, and it may only be a matter of time until Nielsen is pressured into switching their model. But TV viewers will find no such solace this fall. Networks have planned an extensive slate of stunts to get you to move their dial-Oprah will interview Sarah Palin on Nov. 16, NBC is having another Green Week starting the day before that and shows like 30 Rock and Gossip Girl are loading up on stunt-casting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweeps Week | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

...transform Allston” when it can be built. Such decisions are easy to call foolish after the fact, but they were sensibly made given the information at hand, and their objectives remain as laudable now as they were before. Critics can tell Harvard how it should invest and complain about its endowment loss, but Harvard’s investment practices are still fundamentally sound. Harvard should be allowed to look out for its own interests without backseat advisors—especially as such interests will ultimately benefit the greater community...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: No Return on Investment | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

...recently determined that a public option could save a significant amount of money, particularly if its payments to providers are tied to Medicare's reimbursement rates, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would prefer. That, however, would likely bring strong opposition from doctors, hospitals and other health-care providers, who complain that they are underpaid by Medicare, as well as many moderate Democrats. (See 10 players in health-care reform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Reid's Public-Option Health Gamble Pay Off? | 10/27/2009 | See Source »

...grind?" Daulerio says. "Yeah. That was one part of it. But I also felt a little safe and justified in doing this stuff." Daulerio insists that he trusts his sources and claims that he really was trying to make a larger point about ESPN's culture - employees allegedly complain that while on-air personalities get reprimanded for inappropriate relationships, business executives enjoy more leeway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did Deadspin Hit ESPN Below the Belt? | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

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