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...Hank Paulson likes to talk about how soured mortgage-related securities are "clogging up" our financial system. It's not always easy to see what he means. Banks' refusing to lend to one another and companies' not being able to fund themselves through issues of commercial paper are incredibly serious and escalating problems - but almost entirely intangible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Credit Crunch Comes to Main Street | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...crime in the western world … Waiting for the moon and a love so true / It’s gonna see me through”), the song still sets the stage well for the album, as Trapper tries to remain catchy while exploring serious issues.In the third song, from which the album takes its name, singer-songwriter Eric Earley paints an intriguing picture of what it would be like to have his skin turn to fur and then to join a pack of wolves, only to return to society after years in the wilderness.As with many of their...

Author: By Edward F. Coleman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Blitzen Trapper | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...tend to employ irony a little more. Often, I find, my American friends when they are being ironic will say, "Just kidding," afterward. We'll say, "You come do this, or I'll smack you in the face," and expect that person to realize that we're not being serious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Simon Pegg | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...have no interest in having a posse. From what I've gathered from watching HBO's Entourage, it looks expensive, claustrophobic and as if it would require pretending to care about your posse members' problems. Instead, I wanted to be in someone else's entourage. And not some overly serious movie star who keeps talking about the environment, since that would mean doing things that involve helping the environment. I wanted to do it right. I wanted to join a rap posse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fifth Wheel: Hanging out with Flo Rida | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...Other platforms take a less serious approach. George X. Huang ’12 is making promises to build an adult-sized playground on campus. “This is very ambitious,” his Facebook site acknowledges, “but a preliminary goal of 10-15 swing sets would be fantastic, even in winter.” In addition, he proposes a “bunny breeding” program to increase the presence of the furry animals on campus. The Facebook group for Agnes Z. Dardas ’12 says that...

Author: By Alex M. Mcleese, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Frosh Pitch UC Bids Via Internet | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

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