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...country's most talented trial lawyers. But according to charges that will be heard in Brooklyn's federal courthouse next week, he is also one of the most tainted. After building a reputation representing the likes of Donald Trump, Shearson Lehman and former Treasury Secretary William Simon, Myerson stands accused of swindling $3.5 million from clients and partners and faces as much as 20 years in prison. Said prosecutor Sean O'Shea after the initial indictment last year: "We have here an unprecedented pattern of greed and dishonesty by a lawyer at the top of his profession...
...much more secretive and reluctant to provide ammunition for its critics. But two new books -- The New Emperors: China in the Era of Mao and Deng by Harrison E. Salisbury (Little, Brown; 544 pages; $24.95) and The Claws of the Dragon: Kang Sheng by John Byron and Robert Pack (Simon & Schuster; 560 pages; $27.50) -- indicate that glasnost is coming, inexorably, to Beijing. They provide the most detailed and personal accounts so far of the chaos, cruelty and corruption that Mao Zedong's reign inflicted on the nation...
Although Mcerwa's movement is relatively small and ineffective, at times there is more to it than cliches and slogans. The young radical grabbed headlines in January when he led a campaign against pop star Paul Simon for violating AZAYO's cultural boycott; during the singer's tour in South Africa, Mcerwa was arrested for the seventh time in 10 years after a hand-grenade explosion damaged the Johannesburg offices of a music company providing Simon with technical assistance. The police released Mcerwa seven days later pending further inquiries...
...Cocteau Twins are oddly named, consideringthat the groups is actually a threesome, andScottish at that. Elizabeth Fraser, the vocalist,actually started the group, and was soon joined bybassist Simon Raymond (who left after the releaseof the first album, Garlands) and guitaristRobin Guthrie...
Clio Hears Medusa's Laugh: Feminism, Literary Criticism, and History--by Simon Sxhama, professor and other members of the H-R community. Dudley House, Common Room, Lehman Hall...