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...PIIGS: Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain. All of them have been shoveling too much coal. To keep their folks warm, they spread euros around like there is no tomorrow, especially to their powerful public-employees unions. By the same token, they have been loath to raise taxes, let alone take on entrenched interests. The fallout is right out of the introductory economics textbook. (Read: "Bailout Showdown: Greece and Germany Raise the Stakes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angela Merkel: German Rules | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

Members also acknowledged the importance of other pressing issues such as the upcoming school assignment process, which usually assigns students to specific schools based on preference. But mandatory assignments, which are used when preferences cannot be fully accommodated, will take place this year, according to Committee Member Alice L. Turkel...

Author: By Rediet T. Abebe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cambridge School Committee Examines Achievement Gap, School Assignments | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

...Finish this sentence: Take my advice—never...

Author: By Jose Delreal, Nora A. Tufano, and Anna M. Yeung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Harvard Tries Hilarity | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

Visitors are not welcome—on average, only 15 come per year, and they are there to observe the facility rather than to take out any books, according to Assistant Director of the Depository Thomas E. Schneiter. Even professors who request to visit the Depository for research purposes are denied access...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Beyond The Stacks | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

...Finish this sentence: Take my advice—never...

Author: By Jose Delreal, Nora A. Tufano, and Anna M. Yeung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Harvard Tries Hilarity | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

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