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...Other college students have to get a signature form their dean,” Gissinger said. “Sometime students are asked to give proof of residency in the form of a utility bill or a telephone bill, and of course, students here don’t have that...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad and Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Will the Youth Vote Come Out for Obama? | 11/2/2008 | See Source »

...doubles as a comic history of the lite. There's the Mayflower ancestry and the expulsion from Exeter--followed by a Harvard acceptance letter. ("It was a little easier to get into Harvard in those days," recalls Plimpton's brother Oakes.) The founding of The Paris Review offers proof that enthusiasm can trump disorganization, but Plimpton doesn't come into focus until his brief engagement to Bee Dabney, who dumps him for a friend at their engagement party. Dabney tells the tale here, but it was hardly a secret; Plimpton dined out on it for years. "That was quintessential...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Charmed Life | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...last eight years serve as proof that government can and does fail. But we support Barack Obama because we refuse to let the failures of the last president diminish our expectations for the next. Our generation will inherit the legacy of the administration that we choose on Tuesday, and if we hope to live as well as our parents did, we cannot settle for the Bush standard...

Author: By Eva Z. Lam, Elise X. Liu, and William Weingarten | Title: Restoring the Promise of Good Government | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...think selling raw fish in the sushi capital of the world would be a recession-proof business. But Japan's economy, the world's second largest, is weakening so quickly, not even seemingly strong enterprises are safe. In September, the number of Japanese companies filing for bankruptcy shot up 34.5% compared with September 2007. That's the biggest spike in business failures since March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan Offers a Lifeline to Failing Businesses | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

Castellanos cited Palin’s experience as governor of Alaska overseeing a $10 billion budget and 24,000 employees as proof of her qualifications...

Author: By Danella H. Debel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Analyzes Palin’s Candidacy | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

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