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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...taxpayers and homeowners--but mostly staying out of the way. He didn't really act like a leader, but he doesn't hold a leadership position, and so far voters seem to appreciate his cool response. While Washington Mutual and Wachovia were disappearing and investment banks were going extinct overnight, Obama was pulling ahead in the polls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How They Failed Us | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...agreed that it wasn't a "game-changer." You did miss the largest bank failure in American history, not to mention a $25 billion bailout of the auto industry, but that's chump change these days, right? You might not have heard that investment banks are now officially extinct, but basically the economy is on the same precipice it was on last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oh, the Drama! McCain in the Theater of the Absurd | 9/27/2008 | See Source »

When Gen Ed officially launches next fall, counting new Gen Ed classes for Core credit will be crucial to making sure that the Class of 2012 has enough flexibility as the last class to graduate under a soon-to-be-extinct curriculum...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gen Ed Program Fits Core For First Years | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...democrats. Suu Kyi has spent 13 of the past 19 years in detention. Her party, the National League for Democracy, is virtually extinct. Last September's protests radicalized a new generation of young Burmese democrats, but more than 100 people were killed and thousands arrested in the regime's crackdown. Many of the 88 Student Generation are behind bars. No wonder, then, that some Burmese democrats are now considering more violent forms of protest. Leading Burmese journalist Aung Zaw recently recalled conversations with a senior dissident and a monk. The dissident was seeking funds to plant bombs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Staying Alive | 8/8/2008 | See Source »

...park and still lose the coral, if we can't stop climate change. As temperatures rise in the ocean, bleaching events will become more and more common. According to a study published in Science late last year, if CO2 levels continue rising unabated, by 2100 coral could be utterly extinct. "If we can't contain the CO2 problem and enact strong coral reef conservation measures, we will lose them," says Carpenter. The depressing fate of the coral could be a reminder that climate change has the power to undo all the work of wildlife conservation over the past century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coral Reefs Face Extinction | 7/11/2008 | See Source »

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