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...that detectives allege was part of a year-long spree of fraudulent refunds at Target and Hecht?s stores that netted him more than $5,000 in credits to his credit cards. "He would buy items, take them out to his car, and return to the store with the receipt," a police statement said. "He would select the same items he had just purchased, and then return them for a refund." The police said that in 25 incidents during 2005, Allen "obtained refunds for items ranging from clothing, a Bose theater system, stereo equipment, and photo printer to items valued...
...scholar. 6. Erin Brockovich baloney. The School of Public Health (SPH) may have damaged its reputation when it gave its most prestigious award to the famed environmental activist, despite an outcry from scientists that her famous lawsuits were not backed by sound research. In acknowledging the controversy surrounding her receipt, SPH Dean Barry R. Bloom basically dismissed the “casual uncertainty” issues and focused on Brockovich’s supposedly moral aims, which—although he didn’t mention it—incidentally made her tons of money through dubious litigation. What...
While most schools only require receipt of a reply card by the May 1 acceptance deadline—that is, a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’—Harvard asks its admitted students to enclose a three-part freshman housing application, an order form for the freshman register, and, if applicable, an application for one of three freshman pre-orientation programs. All these forms, some of which require personal statements totaling hundreds of words, must be filled out and returned to Harvard in under a month. Students have their first...
...Consider his enriched-uranium-bomb project. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf testified to Pyongyang's receipt of assistance from Pakistan's uranium-enrichment guru, A.Q. Khan. But Pyongyang denies having a program, and U.S. intelligence agencies don't know where or how many enrichment plants exist. It's unlikely inspectors could operate any more freely in North Korea than they did in Saddam Hussein's Iraq. There's no good way to locate Kim's nukes using special technology. Inspectors will have to ask the regime to learn more, and Kim is sure to demand that the U.S. make concessions...
...than a week after President Bush’s nominee for Supreme Court chief justice, John G. Roberts, Jr. ’76, said during his confirmation hearings that “as a general proposition,” he believes that Congress may attach certain conditions to the receipt of federal funds. The Solomon Amendment only applies to schools that receive federal grants...