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Reverberations from the implosion of the U.S. debt bubble can be felt a long way from Wall Street. Gaurav Rege was a hotel manager near Rishikesh, an Indian hill station at the foot of the Himalayas. He and his new wife are young, educated, well-off - and worried. A member of India's growing consumer culture, Rege, 30, took out an adjustable-rate loan two years ago to buy an investment property near Bangalore, but his monthly payments have jumped because of tighter credit and rising interest rates. He has abandoned plans to get an M.B.A. because student loans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wages of Consumerism | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...Austria Right Foot Forward The moderate voices that have dominated Austrian politics since the end of World War II were quieted on Sept. 28. The country's two far-right parties, campaigning on anti-E.U. and anti-immigration platforms, made unprecedented gains in the national parliamentary elections, taking almost 30% of the vote. Both the Freedom Party and the Alliance for the Future of Austria have been tainted by accusations of neo-Nazism and xenophobia. Analysts, however, credit their success less to a tilt toward extremism than to widespread frustration among Austrians with the ruling moderate parties. The shaky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...Yeah, being twins who are 6-foot-5, we sort of stuck out like sore thumbs. When we were leaving the athlete’s village, you’d see packs of people who’d want autographs or pictures taken...

Author: By Sarah B. Schechter, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Cameron Winklevoss ’04 | 10/1/2008 | See Source »

...sexuality on campus, their experience was often difficult.Kevin B. Jennings ’85 recalls the devastation of HIV in the gay community throughout the 1980s. His freshman-year roommate, first Harvard boyfriend, and a best friend have all died from AIDS.“I can never step foot on this campus without thinking about my friends from the Class of 1985 who are gone,” he said.The conference’s last panel offered statistics on Harvard’s current gay culture. In a poll conducted by Mack, 41 of 41 current undergraduates said they...

Author: By Mac Mcanulty, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gay Caucus Marks 25th Anniversary | 9/28/2008 | See Source »

...Tatiana.” One paw lay upon an elaborately bound volume: Aristotle’s “Nicomachean Ethics.” Setting down his brush for a moment, Jacques approached the tableau. He set a bronze sextant at The Stable Boy’s right foot. Then, after a moment’s consideration, he replaced the pomegranate with half a melon. “What the hell is this painting about?” wondered The Stable Boy.Pierre returned to his canvas, trembling as he swirled his brush in the rich pigments and applied them...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

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