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...these rules were purposely vague, encouraging something Wall Street is understandably fond of: self-enforcement. Under the new rules the Street essentially sets its own limits. Regulators, like Justice Potter Stewart's famous ruling on pornography 46 years ago, say they will know excess when they see it. Another round, boys...
Rather than run the risk and expense of going home in the winter, many Tuxpeńos, particularly the families, simply choose to stay year round, putting even more pressure on the educational, health and social-service agencies in the Hamptons. The East Hampton school system now has a population that is 25% Hispanic, including legal and illegal kids. At East Hampton High School, new students who don't speak a word of English drop in so frequently that the school has developed a two-week crash course in basic phrases and American culture. There are signs of backlash from local...
...working construction in Mexico City; the disapproval of his mother, who never seemed satisfied with the money he sent back every week. Coria fled the Hamptons abruptly last year in the middle of the busy summer season to recuperate in Tuxpan. Once a week, he makes the six-hour round-trip drive to see a therapist in Mexico City. He's planning on returning to the Hamptons in March to begin buying seeds and drawing up plans for his clients' summer 2006 gardens. But even if he goes back, he says, he doesn't think he can spend more than...
...that he and his neighbors view cheap labor as a perk of living in the Hamptons. "People are making less, maybe, but now lots of people have house cleaners come once a week," he says. "And if you want your roof redone, you can just go to the corner, round up 20 guys, and they'll have it done in an afternoon for less than...
...Dartboard wouldn’t be surprised if faculty profiles were replaced with baby pictures or if University President Lawrence H. Summers showed up at his next public appearance in a fluffy, fuzzy panda costume. Dartboard thinks that it is hard to create controversy when your presence inspires a round of “awwww”s. —MARGARET M. ROSSMAN