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...defense's side, those lawyers could ask that his testimony be disallowed, arguing that he knows too much about their strategy. Failing that, they will try to tarnish him with praise. Causey is an honest man, they say, who admitted to a crime he didn't commit to avoid the risk of a trial. Prosecutors can also now focus their case on Lay and Skilling, giving them the advantage of a shorter, simpler trial...
People wishing to avoid an awkward conversation or remain anonymous can go to the inSPOT websites and choose from six e-cards with sayings such as "Going through my address book and you're on the list" or "I got screwed while screwing, you might have too." They're blunt but apparently popular. In its first two weeks, L.A.'s site has had 21,600 people send 38,000 e-cards...
DIED. VINCENT (CHIN) GIGANTE, 77, Mafia boss who feigned mental illness for decades to avoid jail; in prison in Springfield, Mo., on Dec. 19. The empire of the pompadoured head of New York's Genovese crime family once ranged from Little Italy's street fairs to Miami's shipping docks. The "Oddfather" sometimes wandered about Greenwich Village in a tattered bathrobe muttering incoherently, and was once discovered naked in the shower with an umbrella by federal agents delivering a subpoena. The ex-boxer was convicted in 1997 on racketeering charges. He later admitted his deception...
...cash remittances that migrant workers the world over send to their families back home [Dec. 5], noted that much of that money is sent by unofficial means, appears on no records and is never reported to tax officials. But it isn't only poor migrants and their families who avoid paying host-country taxes. Our two children were born in France, and both times the obstetrician offered a reduced fee if we paid in cash. Christopher Henze Neuilly, France Remembering Hugh Sidey How very sad to hear of the passing of Time columnist Hugh Sidey [Dec. 5]. Over the years...
...Ukraine is obvious price discrimination. Because Russia offers quite different terms for analogical (i.e., former republics that surround Russia) countries, while nobody has even suggested that the fuel basket price be calculated for Ukraine, the way they do for Germany, say. When watching all this, one can't avoid the impression that this price escalation during the negotiating process aims at NOT reaching the agreement rather than at reaching one. One feels that the main objective is having the negotiating partner sufficiently insulted in order to make reaching the agreement impossible. One feels that Russia seeks frustrating the deal...