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...this bad-debt overhang, however big it turns out to be, that is likely to cast a pall over the recovery for years to come. An economy, even the world's biggest, simply can't work its way out of a mess like that in a few months' time. So enjoy those green shoots as they sprout. They're good news, but they're not enough to live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Economic Recovery May Be Disappointing | 5/5/2009 | See Source »

Spring marks the time when various Houses launch Assassins, casting a pall of paranoia over the entire campus. So what can we expect to see, besides shady characters, broken friendships, and a dip in grades? Get a house-by-house breakdown after the jump...

Author: By Liyun Jin | Title: Closing in on the Kill | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

...greatest threats posed to the race come from other directions. A heavy snow recently blanketed parts of the Alaska, burying the trail in deep drifts and forcing mushers to break out their snowshoes. And just as it has in the Lower 48 states, the economy has cast a pall over the Land of the Midnight Sun. Due to higher operating costs, entrance fees have spiked 33% to $4,000 despite a shrinking prize pool; between food, supplies and preparation, the cost of running the race can reach $30,000. Meanwhile, mushers have griped about the salaries doled out to event...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Iditarod | 3/6/2009 | See Source »

...regardless of whether any legal action follows, the probes add to the pall of bitterness hanging over an operation whose ambiguous outcome has left many Israelis questioning just what was achieved by their war in Gaza...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could Israelis Face War Crimes Charges Over Gaza? | 1/23/2009 | See Source »

...Three people were injured when a shell slammed into the U.N. warehouse that stores fuel for Gaza's overburdened hospitals and food for thousands of poor Palestinian families. Eyewitnesses said the burning sacks of food blazed into the evening, covering Gaza's sky with a pall of greasy black smoke. Many of the 700 Gazans who had retreated inside the U.N. compound to take refuge from the fighting then fled into the streets with nowhere left to go as artillery shells thudded into buildings around them, showering the area with chunks of concrete and glass, eyewitness said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gaza Fighting Intensifies Despite Truce Talks | 1/15/2009 | See Source »

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