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...construction mania fast became "a growth that squeezed all the other organs of the economy," says John Fitz Gerald, an economist at Dublin's Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). That starved Ireland's exporters of valuable resources. The result: the country's share of euro-zone exports has slipped by a fifth since 2001, while housing investment grew to 14% of Ireland's economy by 2006, roughly three times the European average. When values and demand began to fall - house prices fell 10% in the year to August, while apartments at the Grange are now selling at a rate...
...most boys it only takes 13 years to become a man. For John Harvard, it took 401. The extra 388 years only meant, however, that the party was that much more poppin’. If you were around Mt. Auburn St. on Saturday night, then you probably heard the music blasting from Hillel as dozens of students got together to celebrate Harvard’s bar mitzvah in style. On the dance floor, a disco ball colored the walls as a DJ blasted everything from Miley to T-Pain, transforming the worship room into a shrine to the party gods...
...beat of “Discovery Channel.” One lucky audience member even received not one, but two lap dances from these lovely ladies before bolting out of the dining hall. The Disney theme continued onto the closing act, as Adams House Masters John G. “Sean” Palfrey ’67 and Judith S. Palfrey ’67 waltzed as Beauty and the Beast, respectively. Even dining hall manager David A. Seley became a juicy piece of meat as he showed off his assets to “My Humps...
...more often accused of being too manly than too feminine—Sarah Palin coyly and repeatedly played into many of her gender’s stereotypes. As her political blunders added up, she revealed her complete unpreparedness for politics at a national level and became Sen. John McCain’s greatest liability in his pursuit of the presidency...
...passionate about is broadening the constituency of the Republican party,” he told me. He wants to see the party reach out to blacks and Hispanics. “Half the battle is just showing up to ask for the vote,” he said, praising John McCain’s speech to the NAACP. He talked about the need to better articulate conservative positions on healthcare or how to use intellectual arguments to critique the Democratic position on abortion. But when we talk about what he wants out of his own future, suddenly Caleb is affirming...