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...look" at his neutral rating on AT&T just before Grubman turned bullish and AT&T awarded Citi a nearly $45 million investment-banking job taking public the company's wireless division. Investigators are interested in that link and the possibility that Weill sought Grubman's upgrade to win favor with AT&T CEO Michael Armstrong, who sits on Citi's board. In an e-mail , Grubman said that Weill needed the support of Armstrong to "nuke" Weill's then co-CEO John Reed and gain full control of the company. Says Weill: "I would never attempt to manipulate...
...final game of his career and the last episode in a heart-wrenching soap opera, captain Neil Rose was benched one last time in favor of sophomore Ryan Fitzpatrick. Rose saw his Harvard career end rather modestly, taking the field only once after halftime—to take a knee on the game’s final play...
Undeterred, the Dekes tried again in 1978, this time developing a device that would spray-paint “MIT” in the field. Once again luck was not in their favor as a group of Brown students burnt a “B” onto the Harvard Stadium turf with lye a few weeks before the planned prank...
Throughout his career, Dershowitz has been known as a free speech advocate. Yesterday he spoke out in favor of controversial poet Tom Paulin...
Just as the investigation appeared to be winding down, a seemingly innocent conversation initiated a whole new investigation—one filled with even more backstabbing and finger-pointing, as the accused students desperately attempted to curry favor in order to remain at Harvard...