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Sounds awfully logical. So why haven't we stuck it to these guys? Because we're afraid they'll panic. "Unfortunately, we've built a system where if you hammer those guys hard, you're going to have a global credit collapse," said Simon Johnson, a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund who teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and whose blog, Baseline Scenario, has become essential reading for crisis buffs. The Federal Reserve and Treasury left creditors at Lehman Brothers adrift in September, and the repercussions were so dire that regulators resolved not to let such...
...think it diminishes the credibility of all players. I think it definitely puts a cloud over everything. For the guys that haven't done anything and don't need to use anything, it's tough because we have to answer those questions and there is that cloud that does hang over us. I've always been that guy who never used steroids, never believed in it. It just felt like that's not me going out there and playing the game...
...Passion of Jesus Christ in the Middle Ages. Groebner astutely renders Christendom’s dualistic fascination, both with “fear-inducing images on one side and a more positively connoted ‘affective piety’ on the other.” Religion was a haven for violent representations of sin and punishment, boosting numerous tales of severed organs and sexual mortifications, as well as an emphasis on the shedding of the Christ’s blood. The chapter on religion and representation of the Christ is the longest, and emphasizes the weight of religious images...
...goal of the project. As part of a larger initiative in the department to enhance “connections to the student community,” Williams and his colleagues aim to assure students who would normally just pass by the Sackler that the galleries can be a tranquil haven away from the stress of classes...
...Yale student business peddling school-specific footwear on the University’s New Haven campus is aiming to bring the same service to other colleges, including Harvard, one of the operation’s founders said yesterday. Yale senior Timothy Kau and his partner, junior Christopher Chau, founded the startup footwear company known as Campus Kings which is already marketing its first two lines of sneakers. “We wanted to introduce a shoe that someone who went to Yale would immediately be able to recognize and relate to,” said Chau...