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...define the word race? Treva Gholston STONE MOUNTAIN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Henry Louis Gates Jr. | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

Bretton Woods is the mountain resort in New Hampshire where in 1944 the Allied nations met--with the U.S. calling almost all the shots--to plan a postwar financial system. The Bretton Woods creations included the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and a quarter-century of fixed exchange rates built around a U.S. dollar that was linked to gold. The fixed exchange rates and gold standard unraveled in the 1970s, and ever since we've had a system in which the IMF occasionally steps in to help countries in currency crises (usually imposing harsh terms in the process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New World Order | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...Love You Phillip Morris,” starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor, is a composite of “Catch Me If You Can” and “Brokeback Mountain.” Carrey’s character is imprisoned for white-collar crimes, and there he falls in love with fellow inmate Phillip Morris (McGregor). The film is all at once extremely funny, sad, and beautiful, and if it hasn’t already been bought, then it soon will...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Finding Fun in the Sun(dance) | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...make matters worse, bushfires fanned by the northwesterly winds raged through tinder dry inland regions. Near the Strzelecki Mountain range, about 62 miles (100km) southeast of Melbourne, arsonists were blamed for starting a fire that burned out more than 15,000 acres and cut a swathe through the tiny town of Boolarra. Boolarra resident Peter Stasinowsky, who stamped out embers with his feet and used a garden hose to save his home, described the blaze as "bloody huge."(Read "In Tongues of Flame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Record Heat Wave Hits Australia | 2/2/2009 | See Source »

...Dating. If you're ready to plunge back into the dating pool, and you're an avid skier, try Whitney's Inn in Jackson, NH. They're playing cupid with Black Mountain's annual Chairlift Speed Dating event. You get a ticket to the event, and dinner at the Shovel Handle Pub with your new friend and breakfast the next morning. $449 for two nights.357 Black Mountain Rd, Jackson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweet Treats and Other Presidents' Weekend Getaways | 1/31/2009 | See Source »

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