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...accounting fraud, $120 billion in vaporized shareholder wealth and the largest bankruptcy in history. Giuliani is not being asked to run WorldCom (that falls to Michael Capellas, former No. 2 at Hewlett-Packard, who accepted the ceo job last week). But Giuliani has aligned with a group headed by bond investor David Matlin that is trying to seize control of WorldCom in bankruptcy court. Some bondholders want Giuliani to serve as chairman of the board...
...laconic, deceptively easygoing knife thrower Britt in The Magnificent Seven, an army scout in Sam Peckinpah's Major Dundee and a prisoner of war in the World War II drama The Great Escape. The wry actor gained star stature in the late 1960s as the lead in the James Bond spoofs Our Man Flint and In Like Flint. In 1998, coming back from a bout with rheumatoid arthritis that incapacitated him in the 1980s, Coburn won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Nick Nolte's abusive, alcoholic father in Affliction. On accepting the award, he said...
...Foster care programs with student volunteers abound, including “respite care,” which offers foster parents a temporary break. There are also organizations that offer academic tutoring and lessons in everything from painting to ballet, in addition to support groups where foster children can bond with each other. And DSS is always happy to accept an extra package of diapers or formula, two of the details that are frequently forgotten in transit. A call down to the DSS will connect you with any of these programs...
Three key factors are working in the city’s favor, Depasquale says: its AAA bond rating, plus the two projects Sullivan worked on in the finance committee—emergency funds and a high “levy” limit...
...most Harvard students count down the days to winter break in the Cambridge cold, a lucky eight will likely have the chance next month to bond with world-class film producers, actors and directors in the sunny Caribbean...