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Japan's offer to minority communities in need has spawned the ire of those whom it intends to help. It is one thing to be laid off in an economic crisis. It is quite another to be unemployed and to feel unwanted by the country where you've settled. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan to Immigrants: Thanks, But You Can Go Home Now | 4/20/2009 | See Source »

Questioning what constitutes “waste” in military procurement is difficult. Much like with the domestic stimulus, at some level it is possible to point to nearly any unwanted spending and declare it to be waste. Looked at more dispassionately, what is referred to as ?...

Author: By Daniel A. Handlin | Title: Planning for Defeat | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

Since it first reared its head in 1977, punk rock hasn’t come in waves so much as infesations, swarms, plagues of cockroaches. When their way of life destabilized (post-punk, new wave, etc.), the faithful foraged underground to found hardcore—itself the ancestor of pop...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Thermals | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

8) Come up with a new excuse to get out of unwanted dates—no one’s going to believe a Saturday Lamont campout anymore.

Author: By Laura C. Schaffer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Things to Do Post-Thesis | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

Down in the basement, the older chimps are less fortunate. Tanka, a 10-year-old male, sits in total social isolation—he is considered too dangerous to mix with other animals and too ugly to adorn any cards. In another enclosure, other unwanted chimps sit banging their hands...

Author: By Lewis A. Bollard | Title: The Chimp Charade | 3/31/2009 | See Source »

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