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...million to $500 million per year. The city has lost an estimated $1.5 million a day in tourism revenues since Katrina, and only a quarter of the 3,400 restaurants are open. Moody's has lowered the city's credit rating from investment grade to junk. The latest insult? The nation's flood-insurance program ran out of money for the first time since its founding in 1968, and some insurers temporarily stopped issuing checks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Orleans Today: It's Worse Than You Think | 11/20/2005 | See Source »

...It’s an insult on the feminine divine to take arts away from schools,” Rashad said. “It seems funny to me that educated people are paying money to have programs taken away from their children...

Author: By Tiffanie K Hsu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Cosby Show’ Star Shares Life Lessons | 11/17/2005 | See Source »

...very mod, minus any pretense of legitimacy.The bridge signals a radical change in tone. The three chords employed throughout (bold minimalist statement or banal pop trash?) suddenly turn minor, and Hilary starts yelling “Away! Away!” for no discernible reason. To add visual insult to aural injury, all of this takes place while Hilary dances in front of a shadow puppet of a speedometer.This disturbing interlude is resolved by Duff going through a full fashion show of all of the positively fab looks she has sported in the video, to chilling effect. After a close...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, Henry M. Cowles, and Rebecca M. Harrington, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Pop Screen | 11/17/2005 | See Source »

...directly from after-school specials on PBS. While the movie should have been a showcase for the talented young stars, too much time is cluttered by CGI special effects. That said, “Zathura” is a bona fide entertaining kids movie that doesn’t insult the age of anyone in the audience. College-aged audiences may not flock to “Zathura,” but those stuck babysitting siblings during the Thanksgiving vacation should consider filling the void with this space flick...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Zathura | 11/11/2005 | See Source »

...complaints about the unfairness of a process that alienates a large majority of campus. In theory, I agree with all the charges. Yet I still go. I’ve never been especially distressed that final clubs don’t allow women within their ranks. Sure, the explicit insult to half of the student body rubs me the wrong way, but in the end the same students—male and female—would inhabit them and the same would be excluded. Bee girls might merge with Fly guys, and the Isis could legitimate its bonds with...

Author: By Morgan R. Grice, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Guest of Honor? | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

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