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...devil, in other words, will be in the details. There are early indications that Obama will have to sacrifice more of his own "worthy priorities" to maintain a responsible budget. For weeks, Obama's economic advisers have been repeating the mantra that times of crises are times of opportunity. It is a thesis well founded in Keynsian economics, since the federal government has great incentives to stimulate the economy by taking on more debt during downturns. About a month ago, a senior administration official explained the dynamic this way. "It's actually easier to do expansive economic policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Deficits Force Obama to Sacrifice His Agenda? | 3/23/2009 | See Source »

...lacks is, quite simply, Norah. Brash and deadpan, her idea of lulling her nephew to sleep is telling him a bedtime story about a man with OCD. British actress Blunt—best known for her role as the bitchy co-worker in “The Devil Wears Prada”—adds just the right amount of sensitivity to undercut her character’s sarcastic wit, which would grow tiresome in the hands of a lesser actress.The more subdued Rose is touching but less convincing. Even though she calls herself “a fucking...

Author: By Victoria J. Benjamin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sunshine Cleaning | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

Netdisaster allows you to release all of your pent up, passive aggressive anger on websites you despise. It's the technological equivalent of drawing devil horns on a poster, or throwing darts at your archenemy's photo. Have you been recently laid off? Go take a crap on your former employer! Ex-boyfriend send you a malicious email? Hit his blog with a nuclear weapon. It's really fun, especially when you find a good headshot of Bill O'Reilly and have access to a fake banana cream pie. Also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Destroying the Internet | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

...result, many exorcists are marginalized within the church. I had priests tell me that their superiors belittled the fact that they were exorcists. Interestingly, though, the newer generation of priests are more responsive to the reality of the devil, and a lot of that has to do with the fact that John Paul II was and Pope Benedict XVI is a little more conservative, so the younger seminarians are a little less apt to ridicule. The older priests of Father Gary's generation didn't want to talk about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Story of a Modern-Day Exorcist | 3/16/2009 | See Source »

...testimonials by these priests, there are many people who aren't going to believe that exorcism is valid? For people to just outright discount it is a little premature. I think that there's clearly something going on here. Even if you don't believe in the devil, how do you explain the paranormal? I would dearly love if science could really explain some of these things, but until then, the question is just too big to ignore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Story of a Modern-Day Exorcist | 3/16/2009 | See Source »

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