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...Redemptive Journey Through the Seductive World of Corporate Crime, documents how he has uncovered more than $1 billion worth of fraud in the past 14 months alone. "Barry has now recovered far more fraud than he ever perpetrated," says James Asperger, a former head of the major-fraud section of the U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles, who prosecuted the case against Minkow...
...epic, broad and slightly comic--Brechtian, in the best sense of the word. And Armstrong's adenoidal whine, backed up by the rhythm section's precise fury, keeps the concept from ever becoming pretentious--or Brechtian in the worst sense...
Currently, anyone who knows a student ID and last name can still delete or register a Harvard network connection under another identity, section someone else for courses, or access the Student Employment Office’s job database...
...birth last week, by C-section, of a 3-lb. 3-oz. premature baby girl to a 66-year-old Romanian woman who underwent fertility treatments for nine years may be one for the record books, but it's also Exhibit A in the debate over whether there should be guidelines to govern the use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Not only are there no such guidelines for ART clinics in the U.S., according to a study from the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, there is no agreement about how prospective parents should...
...Next, get down on your knees and scrape a 4-cm patch of carpet with your fingernails about a dozen times. A small pile of fluff indicates poor-quality wool and a limited life-span. Then briskly rub a section of the rug with the flat of your hand. The palm should come up shiny?lightly greased from the wool's natural lanolin and a good indication of how well the carpet will age. "Do this in front of the shopkeeper," says Tawab, "and he will start bringing out his best pieces...