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Sarah By Kaylene Johnson; out now This surprise best seller about the Republican Veep candidate, which rocketed from 10,000 copies to 350,000 copies in a matter of weeks, is a blend of annoying hagiography ("It is a political Cinderella tale") and revealing detail (she shot her first rabbit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 Things You Should Know About | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

Warren Buffett the investor is widely known: his $5 billion bet on the battered Goldman Sachs on Sept. 23 surely came as no surprise to fans of his coolheaded strategy of buying good firms on the cheap. Buffett the person, on the other hand, is quite a surprise--an emotionally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

Who does what depends on which agency has the most authority for the task at hand. Paulson was the primary mover last fall in getting banks and mortgage companies to ease up on homeowners who faced foreclosure, while Bernanke dropped billions into jittery credit markets with a surprise rate cut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Men And a Bailout | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

Not that this should come as a surprise, but after one week of football for Ivy League squads, nothing is resolved. Teams that are supposed to win are winning, some middle-of-the-road squads are playing dress-up with contender costumes, and Columbia sucks. If anything, the scramble for...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: 2008 Race For The Ivy Title | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

So the gimmick of House and Garden, the two Ayckbourn plays currently being presented at London's Royal National Theatre, should come as little surprise. Set in the house and garden of an English country estate during one long afternoon, the plays are performed in two separate theaters by the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Alan Ayckbourn Our Best Living Playwright? | 9/24/2008 | See Source »

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