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...real Vegas has had its profits pinched by the Great Recession lately. But luxe, energy, sexual threat and primal rock 'n' roll are back in fashion on the Aria stage, where Cirque is throwing its most joyous party ever--and where Elvis lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viva Viva Elvis! | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

...scene from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, in which Jimmy Stewart talks until he collapses, should drop by the Senate Chamber during what passes for a filibuster these days. The place is usually all but empty. The only sound is the voice of a clerk droning through a slow roll call of the names of absent Senators. More often than not, even the filibusterer himself is nowhere to be seen. (See the top 10 unfortunate political one-liners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fixing the Senate by Forcing Real Filibusters | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

Game after game, Princeton proves its worth. The three-point loss to the Big Red was nothing to hang its head over, and it bounced back nicely with a 58-51 win against Penn at the Palestra. I see the Tigers protecting their home court and continuing to roll...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Teams Ready For Ivy Rumble | 2/19/2010 | See Source »

...place where consumer spending never before existed, the rules of the market economy suddenly kicked in. And the explosive growth in the money supply, combined with pent-up demand, led to another economic phenomenon: hyperinflation. Cigarettes sold for as much as one million pesos a pack. A roll of toilet paper cost 100,000 pesos, or $34. Suárez recalled a bidding war that broke out over a transistor radio that finally sold for the equivalent of $12,000. Some of the troops, intent on spending every waking hour looking for money, bought their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Colombia, A Bungled First Rescue Attempt | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...billion bill would be the first in a series of smaller jobs measures Reid plans to roll out in the place of a single overarching one. The idea is to force Republicans to take a series of tough votes against generally popular measures like the tax cuts, extension of unemployment and health benefits, and popular business tax credits originally included in Baucus and Grassley's plan. To prevent GOP foot-dragging that has plagued Democratic measures all year, Reid prevented amendments from being filed to his stripped-down bill - a controversial move at a time when the White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Harry Reid Yanked the Jobs Bill | 2/16/2010 | See Source »

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