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However, the vast majority of spending is not going to victims themselves and is instead being spent “on their behalf” by officials who are confident that they know best. This gravy train??more than twice the inflation-adjusted size of the Marshall Plan—will please politicians (and their friends) but won’t actually help victims. Instead, the government should directly give victims money, allowing them to escape or rebuild the Gulf Coast as they see fit. The government should give victims vouchers and let the private market supply housing...

Author: By Piotr C. Brzezinski, | Title: Hey, Big Spender | 10/5/2005 | See Source »

...York walk, for instance, filled with purpose, but purposeless. The faces that looked unwaveringly ahead yet saw nothing. The way that people avoided eye contact at all costs on the subway. The fact that middle seats are almost never taken on even the most crowded rush hour train??people would rather stand. Why is it that when taking public transportation—one of the last places that all segments of society come into close contact, we seem to check our humanity at the turnstile...

Author: By Brian J. Rosenberg, ADAM M. GUREN | Title: Subway Lemmings | 7/1/2005 | See Source »

Sometimes the songs are a part of ritualized habit. Chipper Jones, third baseman for the Atlanta Braves, used Black Sabbath’s “Crazy Train?? for nearly 10 years before he switched to Lil’ Jon’s remixed version before this season...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'BAMA SLAMMA: Going To Bat To Save the Music | 4/27/2005 | See Source »

...special effects are realistic and, in the film’s tenser scenes, fitfully frightening. Creatures such as the deadly viper and the infamous leeches are gruesomely life-like. And the action scenes—the destruction of Aunt Josephine’s house, a near-crash with a train??have a heart-stopping hyper-realism...

Author: By Deborah Pan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Movie Review - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...make a huge impact,” Knox says. “Our job is more to support the team, make the team better, work hard, progress, and get better.”Without the guarantee of much playing time, the players’ responsibility this year is to train??hard...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New School, Same Game | 11/18/2004 | See Source »

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