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...Kidman) inherits a failing cattle ranch in Australia's outback. She meets a roughneck drover (Hugh Jackman) with whom she falls into that mutual dislike which, in movies like Australia, is always True Love's necessary precursor. They begin sparking on the adventurous cattle drive that is required to save the old homestead from their rich and avaricious neighbors. She also inherits Nullah (Brandon Walters), an adorable child of mixed white and aboriginal blood, who needs her love but also needs the mystical wisdom of his grandfather (David Gulpilil), a sort of shaman, who stands about the outback, often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Australia: Epic Romance Down Under | 11/25/2008 | See Source »

...save Citi when other banks are going under? Citigroup, with $160 billion in revenue last year, more than 300,000 employees and tendrils in every corner of finance, both domestically and abroad, is the poster child for an institution that is allegedly "too big to fail." A much smaller financial institution, Lehman Brothers, was allowed to go down - and shock waves hit corners of the financial world, like money-market mutual funds, that no one had anticipated. The fear is not only of pain inflicted but also of unpredictability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Questions (and Answers) About Citi's Bailout | 11/25/2008 | See Source »

...What are the chances we'll have to save Citi yet again? There are still plenty of questions about Citi's long-term health. The government's rescue addresses $306 billion worth of troubled assets from Citi's $2 trillion balance sheet. The bank, though, has roughly another trillion dollars in assets that aren't on its balance sheet but kept in entities somewhat removed from the company. These assets could be problematic if the economy grows worse. Fox-Pitt Kelton's Trone also points out what's not included in the government backing: $129 billion in nonresidential consumer loans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Questions (and Answers) About Citi's Bailout | 11/25/2008 | See Source »

...Bucks 5 women & 3 children. We would have killed more women but [did not]owing to having attacked in the day time when the women were at work gathering Mescal. It sir is next to impossible to prevent killing squaws in jumping a rancheria even were we disposed to save them. For my part I am frank to say that I fight on the broad platform of extermination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Massacre Explained | 11/24/2008 | See Source »

...flip side, the Crimson struggled to generate offense against Cornell and was outshot 37-14 overall. And to top it off, Big Red goaltender Ben Scrivens holds the nation’s leading save percentage (.977) and has a 0.72 goals-against average...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Crimson Struggles Offensively in Loss | 11/23/2008 | See Source »

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