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...meltdown, Harvard economists are divided on the course of action Federal Reserve Chair Ben S. Bernanke ’75 should take at the Fed’s upcoming policy meeting. Subprime mortgages—loans which banks make on highly favorable terms to potential homeowners with weak credit histories??became common in recent years, but a rash of recent defaults has sent the mortgage industry into turmoil. Amidst worries that the mortgage crisis could be causing a general economic slowdown, many argue that an interest rate cut is in order to push the economy back on track...
...movie tells a history-textbook classic: the battle of Thermopylae. Nearly all representations of this story, from Roman theater to celluloid, are based on the writings of Herodotus, allegedly the “father of history.” Back in August 480 BC, his “Histories?? tell us that King Xerxes of Persia filled the Hellenic peninsula with his barbaric hordes, ready to conquer and command Greece. Vastly outnumbered and representing the alliance of Greek city-states, 300 Spartans—the movie’s namesake—held their ground for three days...
...Arts C classes that might appeal to certain types of students. For instance, HRDC buffs might try C-25, “The Medieval Stage”, while wannabe Ruskies might like C-50, “Russian Imperial Masterworks and their Post-Histories??, or C-51, “The Rise and Fall of the Russian Avant-Garde”. Frequenters of the Kong may look to C-40, “The Chinese Literati.” Of course, the classes’ specificity means that one could very easily drown in terrible boredom amidst...
While they seemed to subscribe to no particular unifying trend—their styles and topics varied from editorial writing to full-length popular histories??their work reflected a new interest in journalism as both criticism and social history, and explored in detail distinct elements of American life and foreign affairs...
...sheet tells Harvard’s librarians how to respond to unexpected requests for information from federal agents. Since Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act passed in October 2001, government officials no longer need a court order to review records—including users’ borrowing histories??at libraries and bookstores across the nation...