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...almost treasonous to paint such a dark picture of the failure of the American financial system which has carried the nation through sixty years of prosperity. That system is now fractured mid-axle. It may take a lifetime or more for historians to sort out its causes, and the federal government feels the need to sift through that sand in the name of justice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Financial Crisis: The World At War | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

...fellow Lowellians, no more! Let us take back our Dining Hall and cast the money-changers out of our temple. Gather your pitchforks, for tonight we shall paint the Bell-tower red with the blood of the Lowell House Opera...

Author: By Charleton A. Lamb | Title: Lowell D-Hall Puts Up The Velvet Rope | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

...Devaney's reports] paint a picture of something akin to a secret society residing within the Interior Department that was colluding to undermine the protection of endangered wildlife and covering for one another's misdeeds." - Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, on Devaney's investigation into MacDonald and the Fish and Wildlife Service. (December 15, 2008, Washington Post...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stimulus Watchdog Earl Devaney | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...soon as the second half began, the Crimson’s body language changed, and it began quietly scraping at Princeton’s 19-point lead. After a fade-away 12-footer from Tay, a strong layup in the paint from Markley, and a three from freshman guard Brogan Berry, the Harvard side of the bleachers started catching on to its team’s second wind. Minutes later, Princeton’s lead was cut to 10 by an acrobatic layup from Tay and an ensuing trip to the line for forward Katie Rollins, who was injured last...

Author: By Justin W. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Comeback Thrills Home Crowd | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

...floor. It was its mediocre defensive first half against Princeton that had caused the team to fall so far behind on Friday night. Saturday, the Crimson was looking to start with the same intensity with which it had finished the night before. Harvard smothered the interior and the paint, and Penn was unable to drive to the basket. Still, the Quakers were able to stay in the game with their outside shooting.“We were struggling to get the shooters out of their range or out of their groove,” Markley said.After the Crimson took...

Author: By Ricky Liu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Defeats Penn Easily | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

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