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...billion in home loans it services would qualify for the program. Worse, warns the CBO, nearly one-third of borrowers who qualify for the new plan will end up redefaulting on their mortgages anyway. "The steps we have taken so far don't nearly address the scope of the problem," says Schloemer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Homeowners Ask: Hey, Washington, a Little Help? | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

...books seem modest in scope, their power lies in the way he sculpts calamity into catharsis. His novel In the Wake is a raw portrait of grief based on the tragedy of Petterson's adult life: the death of his parents and two brothers in a ferry accident. The opening of Out Stealing Horses climaxes in a scene in which a 10-year-old boy accidentally shoots and kills his twin brother. The event stops your heart, but Petterson's lyrical prose pulls you forward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brotherly Love | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: No! I didn’t beg Charlie to scope me. That’s stupid. Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: I’m really only funny because of my accent. This scoped shit isn’t doing me justice...

Author: By FM Staff | Title: scoped! | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

...Stone gets points for speed and efficiency - he shot the picture over 46 days this spring and summer on a tiny $30 million budget and gave it a rich, polished look - but not for the scope of his vision. W. isn't tragedy or farce; it's illustrated journalism, based mostly on extant Bush biographies and memoirs of early Bush appointees. All the incidents are there but not the insight. What's missing is the one thing Stone films have never lacked: a point of view...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oliver Stone's Verdict on George W. | 10/13/2008 | See Source »

...national level at the discretion of individual governments, the action marks the first concerted effort to address the chaos in Europe following weeks of dislocated, often controversial responses by each country on a case-by-case basis. In announcing their plan, Sarkozy and his partners applauded both its comprehensive scope and the unity of support it enjoys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: European Markets Rise in Relief | 10/13/2008 | See Source »

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