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...would do, but one way it could work would be for the government to offer to directly purchase all newly originated loans by banks and mortgage lenders provided the loans carry rates of 4.5% or less. Proponents of the plan say the plan would be costless, and might even turn a profit. That's because based on current Treasury bond yields, the government can borrow money at 2.7% to fund the program, pocketing a profit...
...Outback adventure.”The first half of the movie is therefore quite entertaining: it’s a joyful romp across the Outback with lots of humor and action, and plenty of minor characters. But when the droving team reaches Darwin and things take a more serious turn, whatever fun the movie once had quickly vanishes, and we suddenly get 40 minutes of Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman making out in the rain. Normally that wouldn’t be a bad thing, but the chemistry between Drover and Lady Ashley is bland and superficial. The tough guy/high-society...
...Culinary Society founders Cass L. Forsyth ’08 and Avery A. Cavanah ’08 were luckier than their predecessors when they approached the deans in the spring of 2007 to get approval for their new student organization. Previous proposals for a food society had been turned down because the deans assumed a lack of interest on campus.At the Freshman Activities Fair the following fall, the nascent organization was flooded with nearly 600 prospective members. “People were apparently just begging for something to fill this really huge niche,” Rinzler says.Barbara Haber...
...modern culture. These are 10 of the more widely recognized theatrical works by the Bard, and by her careful selection Garber widens her potential audience to those who may have had little Shakespeare exposure (including, as Garber informs us in the introduction, George W. Bush). Each chapter (and, in turn, each play examined) concentrates on a specific issue of modernity. For “The Tempest,” it is “the Conundrum of Man;” for “Romeo and Juliet,” “The Untimeliness of Youth...
...that in this economy, unions are certainly going to be an important resource,” said Pollock, who is also both a TF and a unionized Law School faculty assistant. “It’s times like these that people do need to turn to the union...