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...like Skarssen is just one bad guy; and a million more just like him, in London, Geneva, Hong Kong and lower Manhattan, are panting to take his place. They all know that, these days, banks don't even have to steal to increase their wealth. They take a congressional slap on the wrist, then pocket trillions from the Treasury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The International: The Banker As Bad Guy | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...middle school. The wake of that horror has yet to subside. 3. I keep forgetting that Barack Obama is our President. (See pictures of Barack Obama's college years.) 4. I have been pooped on by a monkey. 5. I am addicted to the ass-slap dance move. Sometimes I don't even notice I'm doing it. 6. When I finally told my now fiancé that I liked him (as in, liked him liked him), I drunkenly gave him the Anchorman line, "I want to be on you." He had only seen the movie once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 25 Things I Didn't Want to Know About You | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...legs to tie it at three all.A Harvard hooking penalty with just over two minutes to go gave the formidable Terrier power play a chance to flex its muscles. Taking advantage of the penalty, Terrier Jason Lawrence found space in the left faceoff circle and unleashed a devastating slap shot over Hoyle’s left shoulder, sending the BU fans into a frenzy.Despite pulling its goalie with a minute left, the Crimson could not muster an equalizer to send the game into overtime. Amidst the confusion after Biega’s desperation attempt, the final ruling from a video...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Top Dogs Down Crimson by Goal | 2/3/2009 | See Source »

...Rabbinic council said inter-faith talks with the Vatican should be put on hold, while others have questioned whether a slated papal Holy Land trip in May should be called off over the episode. Meanwhile, Catholic progressives around the world have taken the Pope's actions as a deliberate slap because the followers of French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre reject the reforms of the Second Vatican Council...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Healing One Schism, Pope Benedict Creates More | 1/31/2009 | See Source »

...heaven. Howard, an attorney and author of the best-selling book The Death of Common Sense, chronicles a society in which rules have run amok and litigation looms as a constant threat. Among his egregious examples: a Florida teacher wary of restraining a hysterical child gets the cops to slap handcuffs on the kid instead; a New York City high school prohibits nurses from calling ambulances without the principal's permission; a town slide in Oklahoma is dismantled for liability concerns. "To restore our freedom, we have to purge law from most daily activities," writes Howard. But this seething polemic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life Without Lawyers | 1/27/2009 | See Source »

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