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...Club sports provide both opportunities and limitations for those wishing to participate in lower intensity or competition. They allow one to become best friends with Lavietes, Jordan, and Murr, while simultaneously getting barred from Palmer-Dixon and Dillon. However, even with the low rung on the Harvard athletic totem pole, club sports provide an extraordinary outlet for non-varsity students...

Author: By Alexandra J. Mihalek, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ALEX IN WONDERLAND: Another Breed of Crimson Athletes | 3/17/2009 | See Source »

Most of the exorcisms that Father Gary witnesses are fairly low-key. What happens during the dramatic ones? If an exorcist sees 100 people, there are only going to be 2 or 3 that are dramatic. And I would characterize those as being when the person actually speaks to the exorcist. Quite often they'll be burping or belching or coughing or yawning. There's moaning and screaming too. But in the stronger cases, in almost every instance, you'll have the voice. The person will speak in a demonic voice, and they'll say things like, "This person belongs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Story of a Modern-Day Exorcist | 3/16/2009 | See Source »

...After all, Singapore is not a hardship post, even in hard times. For 10 years in a row, it has been named the best city in the world for expats by the London-based advisory firm ECA, garnering high marks for its superior roads and airport, health care, low crime and decent air quality. The government makes an effort to retain foreign knowledge workers, who are viewed as vital to the health of Singapore's small but highly competitive economy. Unlike many countries, Singapore does not automatically deport foreigners who lose their jobs. Expats can apply for a special visa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laid Off in Singapore: Ex-Pats Have to Downsize | 3/15/2009 | See Source »

...there was something plaintive about those stories, it is because buyers seem to be in hibernation these days. In a report published earlier this month, the country's central bank said the "number of residents willing to buy a home in the next three months is at a record low...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Own Version of the Real Estate Bust | 3/15/2009 | See Source »

...Congress, offered new subsidies only to create more "affordable" housing for lower-income citizens and stiffed the more high-end developers, despite a fierce, behind-the-scenes campaign to press for help among big property developers. In fact, the outcome - more subsidized housing (about $4.8 billion worth) for relatively low-income citizens - is exactly what most developers didn't want to happen, because they look at the lower cost housing as just more competition in an already glutted market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Own Version of the Real Estate Bust | 3/15/2009 | See Source »

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