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...Young Fred had been his parents' joy until little Nick came along. They immediately found constant fault with Fred, even as they cheered everything the baby did: giving away his presents to needier kids, jumping down a chimney, chopping down a fir tree that his big brother happened to be perched in. Momma Claus (Kathy Bates) is the same kind of ego-destroyer as Steve Carell's mother is in Dan in Real Life. Her ragging on Fred, while Nick becomes a hero to children every December, leads Fred to spectacular resentment.? In a scene that's way too "ouch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Claus That Won't Fly | 11/11/2007 | See Source »

...created more jobs than the rest of the euro zone combined over the last four years, but too many of them are low-quality jobs on construction sites. The country's infrastructure has profited greatly from European Union subsidies, which are bound to disappear in coming years as needier recipients in the east move to the front of the line. And then there's inflation, which remains the Achilles' heel of the Spanish economy, currently running at an annual rate of 4.1%, almost twice the euro-zone average. "Since Spain entered the euro zone, its high inflation rate has been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Spain Sustain? | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

Amid crowds of anti-Yale T-shirt vendors and “Takeover” party promoters outside the Science Center last week, fraternity brothers from Sigma Chi were hawking for a needier cause. They raised $1,266 for the United Way’s Thanksgiving Project, enough to provide holiday feasts of turkey, stuffing, and pie for 21 families in the Boston area. Anthony J. Valente ’07, who organized the efforts for the fraternity, said he was shocked by the large response from Harvard students, having expected to raise just a few hundred dollars...

Author: By Rachel L. Pollack, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Frat Funds Turkey Dinners | 11/23/2005 | See Source »

...have a significant number of older patients that we try to fit in now because students aren’t here,” Cacciola said. “This is generally a less busy time, but the patients who do come in may be needier...

Author: By Alan J. Tabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Suspicious Box Prompts Holyoke Evacuation | 7/2/2004 | See Source »

...have a significant number of older patients that we try to fit in now because students aren’t here,” Cacciola said. “This is generally a less busy time, but the patients who do come in may be needier...

Author: By Alan J. Tabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Suspicious Package Prompts Partial Evacuation of Holyoke Center | 6/25/2004 | See Source »

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