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...allowing current owners to stay where they are is that they will never really "own" a home. They will remain in houses where they are very unlikely to be able to pay off the principle. These residences will not be released into a market where prices continue to drop very rapidly because there are no government programs to keep the housing prices at or near current levels as people are pushed out of work. If enough people lose homes, some of them will at least have the opportunity to buy property that they can afford, property which has reached...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving the Housing Market By Speeding Up Foreclosures | 2/18/2009 | See Source »

...taking off their pants. Dimitry A. Doohovskoy ’09, Eliot HoCo Co-chair, organized a “Pants-less Dining Experience” for the residents of Eliot House last Thursday. In a vehement e-mail over the Eliot House list, Doohovskoy instructed Eliotites to drop trowsers “when the 6 o’clock signal is given” to promote “Eliot anti-interloper Solidarity”. “Animosity is sometimes another word for jealousy,” said Doohovskoy, brushing off the possibility of the pants-less protest...

Author: By Gus T. Hickey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In Eliot, No Pants is No Problem | 2/18/2009 | See Source »

...world's commercial fish and shellfish populations, including tuna, herring and prawns. Fish would flee toward the poles to escape rising temperatures, and many species would all but disappear from their familiar habitats. Many would not survive the transition - Cheung estimated that the Atlantic cod's distribution could drop by up to 50% by 2050 thanks to climate change. "The scary thing is that this isn't just happening in the future," he says. "We're seeing similar things happening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Killing Whales Save the World's Fisheries? | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

...might be gay.” Such selective self-awareness is a powerful comedic weapon in the performance, whose steady supply of double entendres can lull the audience into a slight-chuckle comfort zone. Such surprises are a refreshing source of entertainment, and work particularly well to tactfully name drop the show’s sponsors, particularly The Coop. Similarly, subtlety and careful delivery keep the show from making the jump from shallow to annoying. But the consciously homoerotic humor can be a turn-off in excess, as in the unnecessary number, “A Fine Bromance...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Acropolis' Gives Laughs Now | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

...said. “I just don’t want to have the UC’s money wasted.” But Tamar Holoshitz ’10, chair of the UC’s Student Affairs Committee, said the funding was a “drop in the bucket” compared to the money the UC normally spends. She added that the legislation had been the works for at least a year and a half. Debate became contentious over the amendment and parliamentary procedure, which pitted some UC members against Hysen. When the amendment failed, with...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UC Funds Creation of Pregnancy Resources | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

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