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...commodities have declined recently, they remain at unusually high levels. Justin Lin, chief economist at the World Bank, says his organization is preparing lending programs to help ease the burden of high food and fuel costs for developing countries. "They still need to have the support, in order to protect the poor," Lin says. But it's unclear how widely available such programs will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Financial Rescue: Are Poor Countries Being Left Out? | 10/14/2008 | See Source »

...second-quarter drive for the Big Red, where captain Matt Curtis dragged down Ford for a seven-yard loss on first down and senior end Peter Ajayi got to him again for an eight-yard loss on third down. “They do a good job protecting and a really good job hanging onto the football,” Crimson coach Tim Murphy said. “We hoped and thought we’d get to him eventually, and we did, and it paid off with some big plays.” Even when Ford wasn?...

Author: By Brad Hinshelwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Crimson Defense Rattles Ford | 10/13/2008 | See Source »

...measure is a proposed ban on the city’s cigar bars, of which four remain. These bars were given an exemption from the citywide ban on smoking imposed in 2004, and are popular hangouts for cigar aficionados. While the previous ban was an understandable measure in protection of public health, mandating the closure of cigar bars would be alarmingly intrusive given its limited advantages. The direct public health benefits of the ban would be minor at best. There are only four bars targeted by the measure, and most of their customers are likely to smoke in their homes...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Smoked Out | 10/13/2008 | See Source »

...activist courts that will continue to smother the open and democratic debate we need on this issue, at both the state and federal level. A vote for Barack Obama would give the ultimate power over the issue of life to a politician who has never once done anything to protect the unborn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Valid is Palin's Abortion Attack on Obama? | 10/13/2008 | See Source »

Sarbanes-Oxley is not popular among free-market advocates. "I know," says Levine, "people involved in all this will say that they wanted to maximize shareholder value." But he thinks that today's capitalism needs to be a little more bounded in order to protect the possible victims of its excesses. That term includes the poor man who mistakenly takes an impossible mortgage. But increasingly it may mean all of us. In regulating, says the rabbi-economist, "we have to imitate God, in the way He shows compassion and mercy when he deals with mankind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Financial Crisis: What Would the Talmud Do? | 10/10/2008 | See Source »

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