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...have been allowed to take on so much debt and currency risk without effective safeguards by the Icelandic government and agreed upon by the European Union. Hopefully, this financial meltdown will move the Nordic island closer to Europe and away from unsustainable growth philosophies. Along with the Nordic winter, Icelanders will now face a frozen economy: Those who shifted from fishing to finance will most likely have to return to the ancestral occupation.Pierpaolo Barbieri ’09, a former Crimson associate editorial chair, is a history concentrator in Eliot House. His column appears on alternate Thursdays...
...those guys who obsessively played military board games as a youth. (He once told me he never lost.) Over a year ago, Hoffman starting looking for funding to ensure that LinkedIn would be able to thrive during what he then described as the coming nuclear winter. (He figured a reserve of cash would help LinkedIn buy up companies during the downturn.) All in all, the company has raised $100 million, boasts a $1 billion valuation, and last week signed up its 30 millionth member. (A spokesman told me the sign-up rate has escalated of late and now includes...
...fact that Lou and Shuman shot 78 was incredible,” Pollak said. As Harvard took fifth place at last year’s tournament at the Saucon Valley-Weyhill Country Club, this year’s finish is indicative of a stronger team. Heading into the winter each player will tend to the individual aspects of each man’s game and look to start off the spring strong once the weather turns. “Overall, I think we did real well we left a few out there but we’re going to take...
...sings tenderly on slower, more mellow songs like “Knowing” and “Plan to Marry,” demonstrating her talent to the fullest extent. The latter, a charming and stripped-down acoustic song, would be more appropriate in a coffeehouse in mid-winter than on this otherwise orchestrated country album. In the heartbreaking “If Wishes Were Horses,” she begs for forgiveness, crying her heart out in a wailing voice that elicits shivers. “Rarity,” the longest song on the album, is depressing...
...this was just about integrity, Nat[haniel] wouldn't have done it," says a member of the financier's circle. "I don't think he realized the storm he was going to create, but there's more to this than meets the eye." As Britain sinks into a gloomy winter, the promise of new revelations should at least bring some small...