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...everything will change over. But as someone who actually has to throw that switch, I can tell you that there's a bunch more switches behind that one that you don't even see. It's not that simple." Still, for an Administration that fully expected a knock-down, drag-out fight over the student-loan plan, those kinds of problems probably seem pretty easy to solve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Student-Loan Plan: A 'Good' Takeover? | 9/16/2009 | See Source »

...However, the heads of other firms, such as GM, have dismissed the possibility of similar deals. Moreover, the longer negotiations drag out between the union and automakers, the greater the danger of bankruptcy becomes. The answer, it seems, is some form of employee buyout. As Bloom himself has said, worker ownership is an ideal way to bring unions and management into a more constructive relationship. “Companies would come and ask unions to modify agreements in one way or another,” Bloom told The American Prospect’s Tim Fernholz...

Author: By Dylan R. Matthews | Title: Common Equity | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...himself. Made on the cheap at his studio in Atlanta, his raucous, down-home, Christian-tinged comedy-dramas bring out imposing masses of African Americans - the largest niche audience in the country. This was his third highest opening weekend, behind two movies that featured his tart-talking drag grandma in the title: Madea's Family Reunion and Madea Goes to Jail, which respectively grossed $63.3 million and $90.5 million. By doing the Lord's work with a touch of sass, Perry has proved himself a prophet who makes a profit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box-Office Weekend: Tyler Perry's Bad Does Good | 9/13/2009 | See Source »

...medieval fairytales than about computer science. In a story about Google's donation of 20 Android cell phones to the notorious introduction to computer science, CS 50, The Crimson quoted instructor David J. Malan '99 praising Google's "dragon drop programming piece" -- a fanciful typo that should have read, "drag and drop." Needless to say, Malan got a kick out of the typo and breathed a bit of fire back at The Crimson. After the jump, see video clip of his admittedly witty put-down from the close of lecture the day the article appeared in the paper...

Author: By Elyssa A. L. Spitzer | Title: Mocking CS50 Czar Burns Crimson | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

...Sept. 4 news article "Google Donates Cell Phones to CS Classes" misquoted David J. Malan '99 as referring to the language used by the Android cell phones as a "dragon drop programming piece." In fact, he said it was a "drag and drop programming piece...

Author: By Elyssa A. L. Spitzer and Helen X. Yang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Google Donates Cell Phones to CS Classes | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

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