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...Then one thing goes wrong. "Perhaps someone loses a job in the latest round of layoffs, one of more than 3.5 million jobs lost since this recession began," Obama said. "Or maybe a child gets sick, or a spouse has his or her hours cut. In the past, if you found yourself in a situation like this, you could have sold your home and bought a smaller one with more affordable payments. Or you could have refinanced your home at a lower rate. But today home values have fallen so sharply that even if you make a large down payment...
...shocking bit of understatement. The tape - which Guantánamo officials should consider as a method of nonlethal torture - was a rambling (and fake) voice-mail message that purported to invite the listener to a 21st-birthday party. In it, the party's host talks about someone's sick cat; she mentions her redecorated kitchen, the weather, someone's new house in Colchester and a vacation in Edinburgh that involved museums and rain. In all, she mentions eight place names and eight people who are definitely coming to the party. (See pictures of office cubicles around the world...
...frequented Boston music stores throughout his life—said that he was impressed by the new store. “Just from looking at the stuff, I’m blown away,” said Tetreault. “The sixties vinyl section looks pretty sick.” At Twisted Village on Eliot Street—a record store where Sawyer used to work—owner Wayne Rogers said that he viewed Weirdo’s opening not as increased business competition, but as a “positive sign of the strength of the area...
...Harvard entered Sunday’s match at Combe Tennis Center looking to turn the tables on 4-3 defeats against the Wildcats in 2006 and 2007. But the ailing Crimson left disappointed after being shut out 7-0.“We had almost half the guys sick or injured,” co-captain Chris Clayton said. “We were a beat up team. We didn’t have the guts today.”Sunday marked the seventh Northwestern shutout of the season. The only victory of the afternoon came from...
...against the Big Red. Both emerged from the weekend unscathed. Caputo capped an undefeated effort with a forfeit by Cornell, while O’Connor overpowered Derek Schreiner by decision 6-1. O’Connor cruised through his matches, despite battling illness.“J.P. has been sick all week,” Weiss said. “He hasn’t been to practice and he gutted it out.”Sophomore Corey Jantzen, too, is not 100 percent, and even though he wrestled Friday, his hurt ankle kept him sidelined against Cornell...