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...point, only a number of teams have a legitimate shot at the title, and consequently, only a number of fans care. Isn’t there something inherently wrong with a system that effectively renders a majority of its regular season games worthless...

Author: By Mauricio A. Cruz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CRUZ CONTROL: Ivies Lose Without Post-Season Play | 3/11/2008 | See Source »

...Without a doubt, the clients of hedge funds lose more than anyone, in nominal terms, since their investments are worthless when the fund collapses. However, it is hard to pity the imprudent investors of fledgling funds. As the past six months have revealed, the more serious loss is the effect on the entire real estate market and the world economy. Investors around the world are paying for this reckless behavior motivated by the unsupervised greed that courses through the veins of subprime lending...

Author: By Jeffrey D. Nanney | Title: Greed Is Not Good | 2/11/2008 | See Source »

...management has been sending out signals that it was the relatively mundane nature of Kerviel's work in "the mine" that led to the lax controls. The implication is that everything is just dandy on SocGen trading desks for vastly more complicated derivatives - including those based on worthless subprime mortgages, which are now crucifying bank balance sheets and roiling equity markets all over the world. Have no fear, folks: management is watching those like a hawk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Masters of Mayhem | 1/31/2008 | See Source »

...ideal of general education that the community has no need for it. Unconstrained by the etiquette of a faculty post, we can say that the Core is not simply “outdated” in its justification, but is implemented in such a way as to render it worthless. In other words, the Core should end now, and general course requirements should remain suspended until Gen Ed is ready to be implemented...

Author: By Max J Kornblith | Title: Rotten to the Core | 1/9/2008 | See Source »

...unsurprisingly, features a voice spelling out the band’s name. It’s an awful impersonation of “Idiot”-era Iggy Pop with all the class of a fifth grader belching the alphabet. Even when they don’t rely on worthless gimmicks, the band’s sound—previously their saving grace—has changed, and not for the better. Whereas previous albums evoked The Stooges and The Rolling Stones, new songs like “Return the Favour” and “Hey Little World?...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Hives | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

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