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...walls and floors, a new kitchen, new marble bathrooms, a Jacuzzi and a "marble entrance rotunda." An official of the firm, the indictment charges, paid more than $236,000 in rent for a second Kerik apartment. At the same time, Kerik allegedly contacted regulators on the hauling firm's behalf to enable it to do business with the city. Prosecutors allege that Kerik also lied to investigators as well as on required disclosure forms about receiving these payments and failed to declare these and other kinds of income on his tax returns...
myself to this trial on your behalf, dear reader, because you may be doing likewise soon. The Singapore Airlines flight promises to be the first of an increasing number of ultra-long-haul flights on planes like the new Airbus A340-500, some using over-the-pole routing. Continental Airlines, for example, flies from Newark, N.J., to Hong Kong, a 16-hour ride, which until recently was the longest. (There are already dozens of flights in the 13-hour range.) Next up: Emirates Airlines plans to start flying nonstop from New York City to Dubai later this year...
According to the Australian constitution--a document written for us by the English at the turn of the century--it is ultimately the English monarch who rules Australia through an unelected viceroy, the Governor-General. This official may be Australian or may not. He may, on behalf of the Queen, cancel any law enacted by the Australian government or even throw out the government and call for new elections. Or he may not. In practice he almost never does. The last and only time he did was in 1975, when the G-G, Sir John Kerr, fired the Labor government...
...Congratulations for highlighting our environmental heroes. Their voices on behalf of our ailing planet should inspire us all to take up the urgent challenge and become heroes too. Our future depends on it. Anne Maree Teasdale, Emerald, Australia...
...Students wishing to serve their country by becoming military officers can join the unit at MIT. There are actually more Harvard cadets than MIT cadets there. But ROTC may not meet officially at Harvard, and the costs MIT incurs on Harvard’s behalf are paid not by Harvard but by alumni volunteers...