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...extending jobless benefits ad infinitum. Unfortunately, stopping those benefits would have catastrophic results. It would cause millions of new foreclosures, leave millions of people unable to afford medication and create a vast new army of homeless Americans. Perhaps extending benefits is not ideal, but it certainly is the lesser of two evils...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

...stop at a Fendi boutique. They also give tours of the mansion, which will eventually comprise an additional seven suites and a spa. Built in 1911 by Armando Brasini, one of Mussolini's favorite architects, its marble pillars and ornate ceilings are redolent with an Old World class that lesser boutique hotels would kill for. See villalaetitia.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roman Holiday: Villa Laetitia | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

While students may be quick to recognize titles such as “Paper Moon,” known for Tatum O’Neal’s Oscar-winning performance, Guest encourages students to seek out the lesser known works in the collection, especially “Targets” and “Saint Jack.” “Targets” documents the life of a crazed serial killer in a reinvention of the thriller genre. Simultaneously, Bogdanovich presents a parallel story line in which the director himself profiles aging horror film legend Boris Karloff...

Author: By Zachary N. Bernstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HFA Series Honors the Films of Director Peter Bogdanovich | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...clear. And throughout “Transference,” the elements that made its predecessor an instant classic—horns, conventional pop structure, songs with more that two chords—are thrown out in favor of a deliberately unpolished sound recalling the band’s lesser-known 90s work...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spoon | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...development that deserve praise. The mailings provide colleges with a novel new form of advertising, exposing students to institutions they might have otherwise ignored. Bright students might discover that great universities are not found only on the front page of U.S. News and World Report; as a result, lesser-known schools could attract more intellectually gifted students who might otherwise base college decisions on name recognition alone. Similarly, waiving the application fee attracts students who find the cost of applying to college prohibitively high, which increases the accessibility of higher education...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Prepaid and Prefilled | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

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