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...would figure that discounting would provide goodwill and build customer loyalty, especially in lean times. After all, with more grateful customers in tow, wouldn't the company be in a great position to ride the upswing associated with an economic recovery, raising prices again when times get better? (See TIME's photos: the Mall of America landscapes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Abercrombie & Fitch: Worst Recession Brand? | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

...actually in surplus for most of the nation's first 200 years. The government incurred considerable debt during the Civil War and the Spanish-American War but paid it off by the early 1900s. Between 1901 and 1916, the budget was almost always balanced. But then came the Great Depression followed closely by World War II, which resulted in a long succession of deficits that caused the federal debt to balloon from $16 billion in 1930 to $242 billion by 1946. (Adjusted for inflation, that's about $206 billion and $2.67 trillion, respectively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. Deficit | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

Whether or not the harsh techniques loosened their tongues, the three men did give up a great deal of information. One of the CIA memos, dated July 13, 2004, described Mohammed as "a key intelligence source for the U.S. government on al-Qaeda plots and personalities." It says he provided "information on al-Qaeda strategic doctrine, probable targets, the impact of striking each target, and likely methods of attacks inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did the Harsh Interrogation Methods Actually Work? | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

...Name of the list of students required by Admissions to defer for a year—not quite good enough for this year’s class, but just great for the next one. Made up overwhelmingly of legacies...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dictionary of Harvardisms | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...bombing, but - perhaps more important in the minds of Washington and London - boxing in one of the developing world's most persistent troublemakers, who had spent two decades making mischief throughout Africa and the Middle East. Having largely achieved that objective, Britain and the U.S. may be in no great hurry to resolve the Lockerbie standoff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the West Will Be in no Rush to Lift Libya Sanctions | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

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