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Armed with this information and a few reasonable if not entirely uncontroversial assumptions about how the economy works, Zandi's firm has estimated the one-year impact on GDP of several stimulus proposals per dollar of spending or lost revenue; for example, a tax rebate like this summer's would generate $1.22 on the dollar. Extending unemployment benefits would bring in $1.63; infrastructure spending, $1.59; and a temporary increase in food-stamp benefits, $1.73. Making the Bush income tax cuts permanent would bring in just 31˘ on the dollar. So spending increases would seem to be in order. Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Washington's Stimulus Plan Work? | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...risks and sign a consent form, then bare your bicep and get a shot--all without leaving the driver's seat. In October in Lynchburg, Va., the Central Virginia Health District's first drive-by clinic served 300 patients in 3 1/2 hours. That's less than 45 seconds per vaccination (and no time cooped up in a room with possible germ spreaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drive-By Flu Shots | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...Lions’ record is misleading. Columbia has only given up 200.4 yards per game in the air this season, good for second-best in the Ivy League. If the Lions’ defense plays like it has all season and Columbia can get a big performance out of star wide receiver Austin Knowlin, I think we could very well see an upset in this...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: Nobody Could See This Coming | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...team connected on 165-of-520 shots beyond the arc, averaging 5.5 three-point field goals per game...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BASKETBALL '08 SUPPLEMENT: 3-Point Line | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...Meanwhile, the Crimson allowed opponents to shoot 34.8 percent from behind the arc, the fourth best mark in the league. Harvard gave up 189 three pointers on 543 attempts, an average of 6.3 three-pointers allowed per game...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BASKETBALL '08 SUPPLEMENT: 3-Point Line | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

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