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...mortgage-backed securities and related derivatives have acted to concentrate and transmit risk rather than diffuse it has added a whole new element to the crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 18 Tough Questions (and Answers) About the Bailout | 9/30/2008 | See Source »

...free press as the strongest buttress of democracy; and that principle touched us personally, because our father was killed as a correspondent for The New York Times in World War II. In my essay, I argued that reporters write stories about what happened, that news stories have a narrative element, and that they should not be read naively as if they were transparent windows through which readers can enjoy a perfect view of what actually occurred. To illustrate my point, I described the coverage of the Battle of Brandywine, in which an American defeat was construed as a victory, although...

Author: By Robert C. Darnton | Title: Reading Critically, Not an Attack on Journalists | 9/30/2008 | See Source »

That is only one element of the tricky undertaking that begins now for Paulson. For all the equity markets' sanguine response to the Hill, the credit markets are still seizing up. The process by which Paulson will actually use the $700 billion to buy the bad loans remains more than opaque. Sources familiar with his plans say he intends to structure some kind of reverse auction, where holders of the loans compete for the pool of money, pricing their loans as low as they can to still survive. But a slew of academic experts in auction theory have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bailout Deal: Will It Fly in Congress? | 9/28/2008 | See Source »

...interesting that you talk about showmanship. You talk about how you're well versed in musical theater and you have so many musical numbers on Family Guy. Is the idea of showmanship an important underpinning of your type of humor? Yeah, I think so. There's an element of showmanship in old television at its best that's been lost today. Where you really see it in the most emblematic sense is with the absence of of opening titles. They don't do it anymore. Certainly in Family Guy and American Dad, we actually had to fight to have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane | 9/26/2008 | See Source »

...Right Place to Fade” is fun and breezy, adhering to the British tradition that blurs pop and rock. “Love Runs Deeper” is another such tune. Though after a critical listen the song lacks any distinguishing element, its catchy dance-inspiring chorus quickly becomes the perfect anthem for love. The verses repeat images of a couple paralyzed by love, followed by Buckingham’s climactic belting in the chorus, where he—for once—cranks up the volume on every single instrument. Buckingham is eloquent, precise, and convincing, especially...

Author: By Roy Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lindsey Buckingham | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

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