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...involved; the difficulty lies in knowing where the chain begins. In 1976, for example, Davies observed that the brains of Alzheimer's victims lack certain chemicals that are crucial to memory and cognition; however, he subsequently decided that the deficiency was merely a symptom and embarked on a hunt for a cause...
...group of about 30 rich kids who were out to have fun and get richer, but authorities say their lavish life-style and freewheeling investment philosophy soon led some members to swindles and violence. In Santa Monica last week, the B.B.C.'s compelling but manipulative founder, Joe Hunt, watched as jury selection began for his trial on murder charges, which could put him on death...
...Hunt, 27, began the club in 1982 as a fraternity to channel investments into commodities and small businesses. Formed by several alumni of an exclusive North Hollywood prep school, the club included sons of some of the Los Angeles area's richest families. By all appearances, the last thing the Billionaire Boys needed was more money. But their high-octane style burned through their bank accounts: Hunt once spent more than $20,000 on motorcycles and equipment for club members...
...group was also apparently done in by Hunt's so-called paradox philosophy, readymade situation ethics that exempted them from common precepts of right and wrong. Last August attorneys for the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed suit, charging Hunt and two others with commodityexchange violations and fraud. The suit said the group had bilked 80 outside investors out of $1.6 million, often through schemes that used new investors' money to pay "dividends" to older clients...
Neither the Bruins nor the Bulldogs is tabbed to finish in the top half of the 12-team hunt for the ECAC crown that the Crimson is favored to capture. Harvard goes into tonight ranked fifth nationally...