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There is little evidence, however, that they will succeed in the long run. In fact, most studies of what happens after loans are modified show that a big percentage wind up in default anyway. In one such study, the ratings agency Moody's looked at a group of subprime adjustable-rate mortgages modified in the first half of 2007. It found that by March 2008, only a third were either still current or had been fully paid...
...working-class employment, shield America from rising fossil fuel prices and stem carbon emissions. These are not the high-tech, high-education "George Jetson" jobs, as Jones puts it, that were created by the Internet and biotech booms. Green-collar jobs include manufacturing solar panels, insulating green homes, servicing wind turbines. These are jobs that can be filled by blue-collar workers who need jobs - and they help the environment to boot. "You can put the country back to work with green solutions that are good for the Earth," says Jones...
...second movement, a waltz in an unexpected 5/4 time, was performed with light playfulness. The form of the movement is a simple scherzo and trio, one part more lively and one more sedate, and both were played with grace and beautiful phrasing. There was particularly good communication between the wind chorale theme and the pizzicato accompaniment of the strings, which gave a sense of dance to the entire movement. The third movement, a joyous “Nutcracker”-esque march, is the emotional highlight of the symphony. Although the brass became a little overpowering, the movement ended...
...points, which means we’re getting faster, getting better, and that’s pretty exciting.”The Crimson had to navigate a windier-than-usual course along the Charles, adding to the challenge of the grueling race.“It was the wind in the basin, which is much more open. It was really wavy and the worst part of the course,” Kharrazi explained. “Everyone is dealing with the same conditions. In the end, it doesn’t really mean anything.”The first varsity...
...John Adolphus Etzler, the titular “Mad Inventor” (who you’ve never heard of because he never invented anything that actually worked). Etzler’s life and energies were spent striving to harness the earth’s natural forces—wind, current, sun, rotation—believing that if he did so he’d be able to create enough wealth to sustain more than a trillion people. Infinite wealth could be generated, he thought, by concentrating infinite power on the infinite resources of the earth. Unsurprisingly, his contraption?...