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Levine still seems astonished at how easy it was to get rich the ill-gotten way. All it took, he notes in flat but serviceable prose, was a tight ring of conspirators whose Wall Street jobs yielded confidential information about upcoming takeovers and other corporate news. Once armed with a tip, Levine dashed for the nearest pay phone to dictate orders to buy and sell stock to the manager of his secret Bahamas bank account. (When one offshore bank balked at carrying out such orders, Levine picked another out of the Nassau phone book.) "My God," he told himself after...
Today is the beginning of the rematch of September's nastiest bout--the Senate Democrats versus the president. This time, the president's representative in the ring is Robert Gates, his nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency...
More silence. Then a window opened, and a couple of weary Holworthy frosh stuck out their heads. "Bo-ring," they chanted. "Bo-ring." Then they went back to sleep...
...this time, many observers and candidates are saying there are 10 incumbents. Former mayor and 34-year-old Independent council veteran Alfred E. Vellucci, dissatisfied with his seat on the school committee, threw his hat into the ring in the spring. The colorful, Harvard-baiting Vellucci served on the council from 1955 to 1989, and has never lost an election...
...this time, many observers and candidates are saying there are 10 incumbents. Former mayor and 34-year-old Independent council veteran Alfred E. Vellucci, dissatisfied with his seat on the school committee, threw his hat into the ring in the spring. The colorful, Harvard-baiting Vellucci served on the council from 1955 to 1989, and has never lost an election...