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...unofficial first lady of New York City, Brooke Astor, who was 105 when she died Aug. 13, had taste, character and compassion. Always gracious and impeccably dressed, she presided over a vast social and cultural network but most enjoyed giving money away. When her foundation exhausted its resources, having spent $195 million to support institutions, programs and projects that benefited the public, Mrs. Astor celebrated that fact--and after that, she kept on contributing with her personal fortune. She had a sparkling sense of humor. She remembered names. And her intellect was lively: even at 100, she continued to write...
...since 9/11, built up one of the most impressive intelligence organizations in the world. The Department has officers based in the U.K., Israel and Europe, among other places. It also has hundreds of linguists who speak Farsi, Arabic and Urdu. Its intelligence division is led by David Cohen, who spent 35 years...
...From the beginning, Aguirre didn't fit the typical SEC profile. The agency prefers to harvest its lawyers, young and malleable, but Aguirre heard a calling for public service after 28 years of private practice in San Diego. At the age of 61, he enrolled at Georgetown, and spent two years earning a masters in law degree (LL.M.), focusing on securities law. Once he got his chance at the SEC in September of 2004, the rookie was handed a case involving suspicious trading activity possibly based on someone tipping off Pequot Capital Management, Inc., a $7.4 billion Westport, Conn., hedge...
...authors, Mitchell D. Silber and Arvin Bhatt, of the NYPD's intelligence division, spent months traveling the world and systematically analyzing the facts: who has participated in foiled and realized plots against the West? Where did they meet? What motivated them? And how did they go from being regular people, often citizens of Western nations, to radical violent extremists...
...American father and a Mexican mother, Richardson spent his early years in Mexico City. And while he's quick to underline that he's running a national campaign, he is also playing to his strengths. That means reaching out to Latino voters in early-voting states like Nevada, Florida and California where Hispanic populations have the highest density in the country, as well as in Iowa...