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...biggest tax swindle in U.S. history, to the tune of almost $50 million - not to mention trading with Iran during the hostage crisis. The latter charge was later dropped against Rich's company but not against Rich and Green personally. (Not everybody was as lucky as Rich; junk-bond king Michael Milken, who was opposed by the SEC, and convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, who has no fans in the intelligence community, were denied pardons...
...much power over our lives," she added. Norton wasn't defending slavery; she referred to it as "bad facts" in the case for states' rights. Indeed, George W. Bush makes a good point when he says it's ridiculous to describe Norton as pro-slavery. But N.A.A.C.P. head Julian Bond also makes a good point when he labels her remarks "wanton insensitivity." Imagine if some politician who advocated building a German-style highway system said "we lost too much" when Hitler was defeated, and brushed off the Holocaust as merely "bad facts...
...Vision's vice president of East Coast operations, the time-off policy is a chance to volunteer for a variety of organizations that assist kids and pregnant teenagers. In addition to the work she now does, Sundarji hopes to take part in youth counseling. "I have been able to bond and make some really close friends with people I work with," Sundarji says. "We share the same values, and that makes working together that much nicer." And it's these values that corporate America is banking on to keep employees from walking out the door...
...Brazilian songs, sweated under Brazilian sunlight, eaten Brazilian food, danced (or attempted to dance) Brazilian dances, I think I've gotten some idea - not the whole concept, but a working notion at least - of the connection between cançao, violao, and coraçao and why the bond matters. At Rock in Rio there was a lot of cançao, violao, and coraçao on display...
...money. Southern California Edison, the state's second biggest utility, said in federal securities filings Tuesday that it was skipping debt payments and was on the brink of bankruptcy. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says it's not far behind, and indeed its credit has been downgraded to junk bond status...