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In 1973, 100 Greek Drachmas would get you $3.33. By May 2000, that was down to 27¢. That's the way the currency crumbles in a smallish, less than rich nation beset by government budget deficits, inflation and a spotty record of economic policymaking. Convincing foreign investors to buy your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Echoes of Greece's Debt Crisis | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

Among those twelve victories was a convincing 6-3 win over the Crimson earlier in the season. Though Harvard was up 3-1 midway through the second period, the team saw its hope for an upset evaporate as the Big Red scored the game’s final five goals...

Author: By David E. Lopez-Lengowski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hockey Faces Rival Cornell | 2/19/2010 | See Source »

The FARC had taken the bait. Through an ingenious electronic hoax, Colombian Army agents, mimicking rebel radio operators, had convinced the guerrillas to allow "international aid workers" to check the health of the 15 hostages then transfer them to another FARC camp on helicopters. But to pull it off, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Hostage Rescue in the Colombian Jungle | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

Toyoda - who unconvincingly insisted that he made the second public appearance not because he has come under fire, but because it was his "own way of improving the situation" - delivered the bad news at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, where minister Seiji Maehara also learned the chief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Tokyo, Embattled Toyota Chief Faces a Nation | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

Despite the discordant extravagancies of today’s events in Music City, there are significant and complex elements to the grassroots dimension of the movement, and Democrats need to take them more seriously. During our winter of malcontent, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann stooped to the level of...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: It’s a Party in the USA | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

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