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...them, apparently, to forced prostitution, Nicholas leaves three bags of gold outside the girls' home (or, according to a different version of the story, in their shoes) to keep them from having to pull an Ashley Alexandra Dupré. This is one of the few stories based on some sort of historical record and it explains Nicholas' reputation as a gift-giver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Santa Claus | 12/25/2008 | See Source »

...that sort of involuntary lending mean that other potential borrowers were getting crowded out? In a rebuttal to the Scharfstein paper, Chari and his co-authors wrote that they hadn't seen any data showing that banks weren't lending to credit-worthy companies asking for loans simply because certain firms were tapping pre-existing credit lines. "The argument is if you're a new customer walking into a bank, it's impossible for you to get a loan," says Chari. "That story may be true, but there's no convincing evidence that's what's going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There Really a Credit Crunch? | 12/24/2008 | See Source »

...announce the winning numbers in the world's oldest and - with a total of $3.3 billion given away - by far its biggest lottery. An estimated 3 in 4 Spaniards and thousands of foreigners purchase tickets in the lottery - with more than a million participants expected to take home some sort of cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Biggest Lottery | 12/22/2008 | See Source »

...cusp of discovering themselves by confronting the world around them. This theme occupied him from his first feature film to his last. The 1957 Fear Strikes Out gave Anthony Perkins his first lead role as Boston Red Sox star Jim Piersall, reduced to bipolar rage by a domineering parent (sort of a Psycho in Center Field). In The Man in the Moon, Mulligan's swan song in 1991, Reese Witherspoon made her film debut as a 14-year-old wracked with first love for a 17-year-old boy who covets her older sister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mockingbird Director Robert Mulligan Dies at 83 | 12/21/2008 | See Source »

...While the economy is clearly hitting families hard, Beal said he sees the Freecycle movement as part of a natural cycle in which consumers become more conscious of excesses in their lifestyle. "It's made us more aware of being thoughtful with our consumptive patters, sort of like that grandmother who lived through the Great Depression and now saves every little bottle because she knows there will come a time when you'll have to be careful with everything you have," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Psst, Santa, Have Your Elves Heard About Freecycling? | 12/20/2008 | See Source »

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