Word: centralization
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...announcing a settlement with the Georgetown crew--who neither admitted nor denied the allegations and promised not to violate securities law in the future--the SEC was showcasing a stepped-up effort to crack down on rampant Internet stock swindlers. With the Net now America's stock-tip central, boiler rooms have become inefficient relics...
What is the future of ecstasy? Officials in the Low Countries are cracking down on e factories but warn that production is cropping up in central Europe and Spain. For good reason: Americans are in love with ecstasy. "New York used to be a meat-and-potatoes drug town--heroin, coke and pot," says John Silbering, a former narcotics prosecutor who works for the Tunnel, a big New York City nightclub. "Today we no longer find coke or heroin among the young. It's always ecstasy...
...hierarchy. "Even when they released the 'Memory and Reconciliation' document, the Vatican made clear that there were different camps inside the church, some of whom felt the church was going too far in its apology and others who believe it hadn't gone far enough," says Van Biema. The central point of contention is whether responsibility for sins rests with the church itself, or simply with its errant children. "Although this pope has gone a lot further than any in history toward acknowledging corporate responsibility on the part of the church, he's pushing against significant opposition, and the outcome...
Cohen said that promoting such awareness is the central purpose of the campaign...
...ultimate prize. While McCain is gaining in L.A. and the Bay Area, he's still weak in G.O.P. areas like Orange County and the Central Valley. Democrats and independents can vote, but only Republicans count toward delegates. The top G.O.P vote getter wins them all. McCain has persuaded almost 22,000 Dems and indies to join the G.O.P...