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...ecological suicide to our arsenals of self-destructiveness, so why not redraw Day's moral for a new generation? Unfortunately, the new director is a dope named Scott Derrickson, who has teamed with a morally deaf screenwriter named David Scarpa, and they have made what must be the worst major release in what may be the most disastrous year in recent Hollywood history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Day the Earth Stood Still: Alienating | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...Most basically, these aliens are not here to give us a last peaceful warning. Their trigger fingers are beyond itchy and they launch a major assault on the world's capitals, a concatenation of been-there, done-that special effects that first deadens the senses and then, mercifully, induces narcolepsy. The aliens don't really give a chance to respond to their warnings. As a matter of fact, since their alternative to our threatening behavior appears to be even more menacing - it consists of swarms of metallic insects gnawing nastily away at any human flesh in its path - it makes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Day the Earth Stood Still: Alienating | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...primarily in the business of acting as a middle man between buyers and sellers of stocks. It is an essential function for a market like the Nasdaq, which doesn't have an actual trading floor where buyers and sellers can meet face-to-face. Madoff's firm was a major driver behind the growth of the Nasdaq, creating a system that courted brokers who had mostly traded stocks on the larger New York Stock Exchange to do more of their business with the Nasdaq. "He brought a lot of business to the Nasdaq," says Alan Davidson, a former Nasdaq board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wall Street's Latest Downfall: Madoff Charged with Fraud | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...1990s, Madoff used his success as a market maker to help launch an asset-management firm. Madoff raised money for his fund by exploiting his social network, often courting investors at country clubs where he or family members belonged. At the Palm Beach Country Club, Madoff reportedly found a major investor who helped attract other members for Madoff's fund...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wall Street's Latest Downfall: Madoff Charged with Fraud | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...platforms of Undergraduate Council presidential candidates promise academic change. They promise to alter the way freshman courses are graded and to extend the deadline to add or drop courses. Two of the insider tickets have platform points that would mean major changes in the Registrar’s office. The platform of Andrea R. Flores ’10 suggests changing freshman grading to “pass/no record”, similar to the system at MIT. Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10 advocates in his presidential platform extending the add/drop deadline from five weeks to eight weeks. Both...

Author: By Danella H. Debel and Chelsea L. Shover, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Can UC Candidates Deliver? | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

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