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...likely pulled the stunt in order to garner media attention and increase her chance of being chosen for the television show. It seems like this pair of Virginia socialites with a (deservedly) unflattering reputation wanted to attract the spotlight without doing anything to truly merit it. Their tactics??including posting photos of the event on Facebook—reveal as much...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Party Crashers | 12/1/2009 | See Source »

...This past Sunday, The New York Times reported on one of the financial industry’s newest tactics??to securitize not mortgages, but bought-out life insurance policies. Wall Street firms buy policies from holders, continuing to pay monthly premiums until the original policyholder dies and the firm collects the life insurance money. The way in which these policies are bundled and sold as derivatives is suspiciously reminiscent of the way mortgage-backed securities were sold to investors. Upping the ante even more is a whole new set of ethical implications that comes with buying and selling...

Author: By Ashin D. Shah | Title: The Future of Finance? | 9/8/2009 | See Source »

...while it may be difficult to find students at Harvard who are “pro-rape,” sexual assaults do still occur on campus. OSAPR Student Ally Alexandra N. Bolm ’09 added that OSAPR does not intend to promote “fear tactics?? at the panel. “We’re trying to foster really respectful relationships between people, whether it’s for one night or whether it’s for years,” Bolm said. Harvard College Queer Students and Allies Co-Chair Marco...

Author: By Danielle J. Kolin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pre-frosh Attend Talks on Sex | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...SEIU 615, which represents 16,000 workers throughout New England, has long advocated for living wages for janitorial workers. Earlier in the decade, union members and students used a variety of demonstration tactics??including sit-ins, rallies, and hunger strikes—to successfully negotiate for raises and benefits from Harvard...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard To Trim Custodial Staff | 2/18/2009 | See Source »

...silent, gray majority of shapeless shadow beings that are inexorably draining Lithuanian life and stuffing it with emptiness. “They” are perceived by Vargalas alone, a result of his deep pathology: “When discovered, ‘They’ immediately change tactics?? It’s impossible to surround ‘Them,’ to trap ‘Them’ in a corner, to push ‘Them’ up against the wall—it’s ‘They?...

Author: By Erin F. Riley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Madness and Civilization Converge in 'Vilnius' | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

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