Word: trailing
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...could be that we will eventually move to the same external system that other schools use,” Meyer said in April, referring to universities such as Yale and Princeton, whose enormous endowments nonetheless trail Harvard’s by billions of dollars...
...Littleby case is not in Fandorin's jurisdiction, but he becomes entangled in it aboard the Leviathan, a massive luxury liner cruising to Calcutta; Littleby's killer is known to be aboard, as is the Parisian inspector following his or her trail. All that is the setup for a ravishing jewel box of a mystery--the lock of which Fandorin gingerly, joyfully picks--and an homage to Christie, whose Death on the Nile is the mother ship of all nautical mysteries. Akunin also knows his Arthur Conan Doyle, and his Fandorin likes to indulge in showy displays of Holmesian observation...
...CHARGE: On the campaign trail, George Bush talks about the need to improve programs like veterans' health care, but now we know that his Administration's plans would cut over $900 million from the Veterans budget in 2006. --PHIL SINGER, spokesman for Senator John Kerry...
...entirely unnerving experience, but not untypical. Reagan's sunny opacity was legendary, especially when it came to relations with the press. His discipline was legendary too. On the trail that year, the press corps would sometimes leave the room when Reagan began to speak and play liar's poker in the hall, a designated notetaker remaining behind in the unlikely event that the man actually said something...
...role in a Kerry Administration. Not that financial types wish him well; they just wish he would move on. As New York's attorney general, Spitzer, 44, has pushed through reform of stock-research and investment-banking practices, lobbied for a reduction in mutual-fund fees and left a trail of disgraced executives in his wake. Spitzer carved another notch in his belt last week. After drawn-out negotiations, Richard Strong, the former chief executive of Strong Capital Management, agreed to pay a $60 million fine and accept a lifetime ban from the securities industry to settle charges of improper...