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...mortgage mess for the past year. In the summer of 2007, Paulson tasked him with assessing plans to untangle the housing mess, and this year he launched a program to funnel money to struggling mortgage holders facing foreclosure. Though Kashkari is a Republican who gave $2,000 to George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign, a spokesman for Congressman Barney Frank, the liberal head of the House Financial Services Committee, calls him "very knowledgeable and very smart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whiz Kid, Hot Seat | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

...towards that oh so elusive first win of the year. After dropping each of its first two contests by seven points, the Lions pulled within three of Princeton last week to put a scare in the Tigers. Could this finally be the week that Columbia finds itself in the W column...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: Ho Back To Lead Crimson Attack | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

...near the tray disposal in Adams dining hall. It is a work by Gilbert Stuart, perhaps the most famous American portrait artist, and was finished by Thomas Scully. Grindlay calls it “a very major work of American art.” Another Singer Sargent, of Charles W. Eliot, rests in Eliot Dining Hall, and the Winthrop House Library contains the largest private collection of John S. Copley portraits...

Author: By Alexander B. Fabry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Best Face Forward | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

...provided me with a shining example of time-honored film artistry, but my experience was nonetheless valuable, as the “Return to the Grindhouse” ushered in a sense of community I’d never before witnessed at the movies.—Columnist Jeff W. Feldman can be reached at jfeldman@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nunsploitation in the Brattle Grindhouse | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

...which he encouraged unregistered voters in battleground states to cast a ballot. With a host of celebrity friends, including R.E.M., Roseanne Barr, and Viggo Mortensen, Moore distributed ramen noodles and clean underwear to consistent nonvoters in the hopes that their support would sway the election against incumbent George W. Bush. The narrative of the film begins straightforwardly. The opening scenes recount the effects of the “Swift Boat” attacks on Democrat John Kerry’s campaign. Ominous music plays as the words, “This is the story of one filmmaker?...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Slacker Uprising' | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

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