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Sale of the Century

The deficit debate remains fixed on tax hikes and spending cuts, but there is another option.

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Marta: Brazil's Pint-Size Football Star

Marta: Brazil's Pint-Size Football Star

When Marta Vieira da Silva was 10, a skinny tomboy in Dois Riachos, her hometown in the Brazilian dust bowl in the northeastern state of Alagoas, her team coach gave her a new pair of football boots. They were three sizes too big. “I can take them back,” he offered. “No! More

Harvard Goes Hollywood

Harvard Goes Hollywood

It takes more than a hit movie to disrupt the social pillars that have stood at Harvard for 200 years. But with The Social Network up for best picture and seven other Oscars next Sunday, there are signs of life imitating art imitating life on campus. More

Oscars 2011: What Are Your Predictions?

Oscars 2011: What Are Your Predictions?

Check out NEWSWEEK’s ongoing coverage the Academy Awards, including exclusive interviews with the nominees, video clips, and a place for you to make your own Oscar predictions. We’ll also be live-blogging the awards on the big night. More