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...Over It” by OK Go. An irrepressibly fun song. Somehow ended up seeing these guys live three times freshman year, once at the now defunct House of Blues in the Square...

Author: By Vinita M. Alexander, Ben B. Chung, Daniel J. Hemel, Marianne F. Kaletzky, Kristina M. Moore, Will B. Payne, Abe J. Riesman, and Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Executive Decisions | 12/15/2005 | See Source »

Lawmakers and their staffs took golfing trips that Abramoff arranged--and sometimes paid for--to Scotland and the Northern Mariana Islands. Abramoff's now defunct restaurant Signatures was host to more than 60 fund raisers for members of Congress and often neglected to send a bill. At the lobbyist's delicatessen Stacks, Abramoff even named a sandwich after Congressman Eric Cantor at a $500-a-plate fund raiser in January 2003. (Cantor later asked the deli to switch his namesake sandwich from tuna to roast beef on challah, "a deli special that exudes Jewish power," wrote the Jewish newspaper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Plot Thickens | 11/28/2005 | See Source »

...pain in my marriage.'' Far more swampy were new suspicions that the Clintons, as First Couple of Arkansas, had somehow acted improperly while a real estate partner ruined a savings and loan institution that eventually cost taxpayers $47 million to bail out. The Justice Department is investigating the now defunct S&L and the Clinton partnership to see whether money from the thrift was diverted to support faltering real estate schemes, including a development company called Whitewater in which the Clintons had invested, and to finance politicians -- Clinton among them. At week's end the President decided to give Justice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NIGHTMARES BEFORE CHRISTMAS | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

...Michael Showalter might not yet be a household name, his fans have obsessed over his cool camp counselor role in the 2001 cult-classic “Wet Hot American Summer,” his comedy trio “Stella” on Comedy Central, and the long-defunct MTV show “The State...

Author: By Faith O. Imafidon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

SLAM evolved from the now-defunct Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM), an activist organization that staged a three week sit-in of Mass. Hall in 2002 and demanded wage increases and benefits for the University’s service employees. The event drew national headlines and prompted the University to review its labor policies...

Author: By Adrian J. Smith, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Workers Seek Living Wage | 9/29/2005 | See Source »

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