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...attention to the consequences of Reaganomics. At the time, the country had a national debt of $2.7 trillion. The original 25-foot-wide, 1,500-pound, 306-bulb sign cost more than $120,000 to create and install. (It now costs more than $500 a month to operate and maintain the light bulbs). Durst told reporters he had no plans to ever remove the clock. "It'll be up as long as the debt or the city lasts," he said, adding, "If it bothers people, then it's working...
...doubles pairs playing together,” Peterzan said. “We’re still trying out new players, so some of us hadn’t played much together before.” Despite Harvard’s injury setbacks, the Crimson aims to maintain its professionalism and work ethic as the long season continues to take its course. “We’re working hard—no matter what the circumstance, they’re putting it out on the line and doing the best job that they can,” Green...
...artist’s inspi-rap of change with Barack Obama’s message of hope. But as similar as the two campaigns may be, “MURS for President” is fundamentally about the struggle of MURS (Making Underground Raw Shit) to maintain authenticity within the hip-hop discipline. Despite all his rhetoric, the artist formerly known as Nick Carter (not to be confused with former Backstreet Boy and brother of Aaron) mostly strives to maintain the credibility accumulated throughout a decade-long career as an independent rapper and filmmaker. As a result, his biggest fear...
...religion, appropriately titled “Religulous,” it’s hard not to agree with Maher that religion is analogous to a “giant space penis.” This idea stems from a small rural community in England where the citizens diligently maintain a shrubbery-outlined figure of a man with an epic erection on a grassy hillside overlooking the town. Created hundreds of years ago, no doubt by some horny botanist, the presence of this figure remains unquestioned. In “Religulous,” Maher draws an analogy between...
...China may cut rates two or three more times this year, Lu predicts, following a pattern established during the 1997 Asian financial crisis when the country used aggressive monetary policy to maintain economic growth. On Thursday Hong Kong, a Chinese territory, reduced its lending rate for the second time in two days, dropping it by 50 basis points to 2% amid what Monetary Authority chief Joseph Yam called "the financial crisis of this century...