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...Bert Ely says he was never a big fan of TARP. But now that it is in place, he thinks there are benefits to keeping it going. The biggest could be to encourage stronger banks to buy up failing financial firms that continue to be a strain on the system. "To me that seems to be a legitimate use of TARP funds," says Ely. "There are still a lot of weak banks out there...
...house system already provides us with more intimate groupings of students and the relaxed environment of a courtyard barbeque evokes tailgate perfection...
...came to power in 1993 and has since either run unopposed or dominated elections with a large majority of votes. He has maintained approval ratings in the low 70s over the past few years despite the economic slump and criticism of Boston’s public school system, according to surveys by the Boston Globe. A poll from May found that 57 percent of Boston residents claimed to have met the Mayor personally...
Students heading to Harvard Hillel tomorrow may find themselves on national TV—in Korea. Of all visitors to campus, the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) will be in town tomorrow to film a roundtable discussion at Hillel in which students share their experiences as American Jewish college students with Korea’s foremost public television station, which is creating a documentary on Jewish life in America...
...action would do little to deter desperate people from making the hazardous journey across Europe, and instead blamed French officials for failing to deal with them. "The French government has effectively washed its hands of the problem and deliberately held back from bringing these people into the French asylum system in the hope that they will make it to Britain," says Dan Hodges, director of Refugee Action, a London-based charity. "This is a grotesque game of human pass-the-parcel." (See pictures of the French crackdown at the Jungle...