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...soften the blow to the economy. The group was broken apart. Some assets were sold. (Ironically, GM acquired some of Daewoo's car company.) Other affiliates got debt restructurings; a government agency bought up Daewoo loans from the financial sector at a discount. Billions were lost. But the whole concept that Daewoo was too big to fail proved false. The reality was that Daewoo had become more burden than boon. Many of the loans it had gobbled up were effectively bad, however they were characterized on banks' balance sheets, because it was unlikely that Daewoo could have paid them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Detroit Is Not Too Big to Fail | 12/19/2008 | See Source »

...them the importance of education. Parents need to take responsibility by reading to children when they are very young, turning off the television and video games when they are older, making sure they are completing their homework and demanding that they respect not only their teachers but the concept of education as well. Cara A. Tonn, Roseville, Mich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/17/2008 | See Source »

Jenkins is the first to admit that the glycemic index of particular foods is only one of many dietary factors that may impact heart disease risk in diabetes patients. Critics of the glycemic-index concept note that the way the body processes food - and the time that it takes to break it down - is affected by myriad factors, including how food is cooked, in what combinations it's eaten, and even what time of day a person eats. Al dente pasta, for example, has a lower glycemic index than fully cooked pasta, and for some people, eating later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study Boosts Low-Glycemic Diet | 12/16/2008 | See Source »

...into social and political commentary, Dorsky seems more concerned with the level to which the individual viewer participates in the film’s meaning. Dorsky says, “Hopefully, if it’s successful, subject matter, screen, and the audience aren’t separated by concept.”Dorsky has penned one acclaimed work on film theory—“Devotional Cinema”—where he expands upon an approach to filmmaking that encapsulates his vision. Between screenings, he discussed the concept of “place?...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: LINEAR PERSPECTIVE: Nathaniel Dorsky | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...ballad “Heart Swells/Pacific Daylight Time.” (It even has two parts!) Some of the experiments toward the end of the album fall a bit flat, giving the impression that Los Campesinos! are trying a little too hard to push boundaries without any real concept of where that will take them. But on the best tracks, the group has never sounded better.The preoccupations of “We Are Beautiful”—eating disorders, vomiting, and self-loathing—certainly make one wonder what the band has been through since the release...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Los Campesinos! | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

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