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...pictures: "The (Mis)adventures...
...concert album. Nearly four hours long and containing a staggering 39 songs, the piece was staged in Stockholm in 1997 and ran for nearly four years. The three-disc CD topped the local charts but was never issued abroad. Herbert Kretzmer, who had anglicized the French musical Les Misérables, worked with Andersson and Ulvaeus on an English translation, yet despite the seismic success of Mamma Mia!, the new show never left Sweden...
Traders writing (i.e., selling) put options are, therefore, the insurers. But why should their opinions affect the most (mis)quoted measure of volatility, the VIX? Many justify using options pricing because options traders are supposedly more sophisticated investors; options are considered more complex than their underlying stocks. But these are the same "sophisticated" investors who suffered enormous losses over mortgage-based securities. Can we really trust an index derived from their (mis)pricings...
...July 20, 2007, memo, which cites a CIA summary of the discussions. "In those classified and private conversations, none of the Members expressed the view that the CIA detention and interrogation program should be stopped, or that the techniques at issue were inappropriate." (See TIME's photos: "The (Mis)Adventures...
...true Harvard fashion of over-intensity, this round of Assassins brought out the best in Harvard students—a bizarre combination of creepiness and mis-directed ingenuity. And FlyBy has your rundown of some of the more outrageous kills, characters, and shoot-outs—after the jump...