Word: exoticism
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Of course, the "core problem" is the U.S. property market, says Han de Jong, chief economist for ABN Amro in Amsterdam. "In hindsight, the housing market in the U.S. was a bubble." The cause? Superlow interest rates that encouraged lenders to offer loans to virtually anyone, even those with bad...
Milton enthusiasts spent over nine hours tackling the 12-volume epic poem, Paradise Lost, from cover to cover last night in the Signet Society house. The long journey, termed “Milton Madness” by Signet Society member and event organizer, Grace Tiao ’08, began...
Officials at NASN, now run by the Disney-owned U.S. sports boss ESPN--which bought the independent European channel from Irish broadcaster Setanta Sports and venture-capital group Benchmark Capital Europe in 2006 for a reported $120million--say their goal is to reach 100million households in Europe, surpassing...
So welcome, President Faust, to Harvard’s inner circle, but task your forces well. A committee is like a delicate exotic fruit: Touch it and the bloom is gone.
The twice-divorced Stoppard, who turned 70 this year, is a grandfather now, but he keeps up with groups like Arcade Fire and the Arctic Monkeys. "I listen to what shows up, really out of curiosity more than anything else," he says. "It's not often that something really gets...