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Why is California in this situation? The state has a history of difficult and protracted budget negotiations, in large part because the state constitution requires a two-thirds majority to pass either a budget or a tax increase. Forty-seven other states get along fine without this hurdle, which gives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California: One Vote Short of Averting Catastrophe | 2/18/2009 | See Source »

And with a sometimes protracted approval process compounding the effect of any delay on the University’s part, the School of Public Health will have to wait years before any move materializes.

Author: By June Q. Wu and Helen X. Yang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Cramped Spaces Burden HSPH | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

At the end of “Notorious,” Voletta Wallace comes to grips with the death of her son, Christopher. “I find solace in knowing that he became a man and he was ready to live,” she says in a voiceover...

Author: By Jake G. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Notorious | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

The election in Hesse comes after a protracted period of splits and dissent in the party nationally and at state level. In Hesse, the party tried to unseat the incumbent CDU state premier Roland Koch by forming a minority government with the Greens that also depended on the tacit support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Merkel Scores Big Win in Regional Election | 1/19/2009 | See Source »

It's a pain Nadal applied indiscriminately last year, even against Federer, who may just be the greatest player of all time. The Spaniard's rise to No. 1 ended a five-year period in which Federer's free-flowing and artistic play came as close as humanly possible to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis: Nadal's New Spin | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

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