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...through three grueling summer months in the Colorado suburbs—and higher-than-average ticket prices, Americans have fewer reasons than ever before to jump in the old sedan and gawk at the silver screen. The complete and utter lack of quality films adds, just a wee bit, to this slump. “Sitting in the darkness/What a world to see!/Let’s go to the movies/Annie, wait and see.” Let’s go to the movies? Hm…I’d rather catch...

Author: By Erin A. May, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: I'm Sorry If You Saw These Flops | 9/28/2006 | See Source »

...wee hours of Tuesday morning last week, someone pressed a button in the Palo Alto offices of Facebook.com, and inadvertently started a not-so-small revolt...

Author: By Sam Teller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Facebook.com News Feeds Cause Dissent | 9/11/2006 | See Source »

Walk of Shame: 1. The infamous return to your dorm after passionate night in some guy’s Mather single, stomach heavy with drink and regret, and, if you’re unlucky, a newly fertilized egg. 2. Particularly hilarious for seniors leaving the Yard in the wee hours of Sunday morning...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Harvardisms: Learning The Lingo | 8/29/2006 | See Source »

...around. The talent shortage was so acute that banks reportedly were hiring local hairdressers and car salesmen and turning them into private bankers. They were also stealing employees from rival banks. "There were a lot of complaints to the Monetary Authority of Singapore about poaching," says Annie Wee, a former private banker with Credit Agricole Indosuez in Singapore. "Clients began to complain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Clone Switzerland | 8/21/2006 | See Source »

...financial black arts such as macroeconomics and quantitative analysis, the one-year course teaches students "soft skills" needed to forge relationships with demanding clients, including cross-cultural etiquette tips. "All the bankers want hard-charging types, but our successful students are more low-key and soft with people," says Wee, who today is CEO of the Wealth Management Institute, a government-backed educational organization that oversees the SMU program. That's why students are taught, for example, that "if you go to a Chinese birthday party, you don't wear black," says Wee, or that "Thais don't like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Clone Switzerland | 8/21/2006 | See Source »

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