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...Something is definitely wrong when you need more documentation to rent a movie than to get a million-dollar home loan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

...same lineup that won it every accolade it vied for in the previous one, including the prestigious European Champions League trophy and the Spanish league title. On the other hand, during the off-season, Real, furious with its failure to compete with its archrival, spent an unheard of $345 million on six players—one of whom was Cristiano Ronaldo, the 2008 Fédération Internationale de Football Association World Player of the Year.  With such talent bought at such an exorbitant price, Real expected good results right away...

Author: By Brian A. Campos | Title: The Cost of Winning | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

...match is called. Whoever won would jump ahead in the Spanish league title hunt, as the teams were tied in the league standings going into the game. The game would also pit an in-form Ronaldo—a player that cost Real a $130 million transfer fee alone—against Barcelona’s current golden boy, Lionel Messi, who was just coming off a four-goal performance against English powerhouse Arsenal Football Club...

Author: By Brian A. Campos | Title: The Cost of Winning | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

...facilitate sustainability projects with large up-front costs, OFS manages a Green Campus Loan Fund, which allows schools to borrow up to $500,000 for initiatives and upgrades that will generate net savings within five years. According to the OFS website, the fund has provided $11.5 million in loans for 153 projects—including lighting upgrades, improvements to heating and cooling systems, and composting programs...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Our Carbon Footprint | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

President Faust’s letter references Harvard’s 2005 task force that conducted two comprehensive surveys of diversity.  The conclusions of that research focused exclusively on race and gender.  Harvard spent $50 million on this task force.  However, not a dime has ever been authorized to study Harvard’s disparate inequity in political ideology...

Author: By DAVID R. DIXON | Title: Creating Real Diversity | 4/22/2010 | See Source »

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