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...mayor's consulting firm, is mapping out a broader role as a consultant to scandal-tarred companies like Adelphia and Tyco. No clients have yet been signed, but a major one will be announced within weeks, a source says. Giuliani Partners is also helping global real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield vet for security problems. And it hopes to work with brokerage firms to resolve problems stemming from conflicts of interest in their stock-research departments. Merrill Lynch is one of several potential clients. "A lot of companies would benefit from working with us on their difficulties," says Bruce Teitelbaum...
...failing to prove that something can happen is not the same as proving it doesn't, and the issue is still a matter of furious debate. The only scientific evidence against childhood vaccines comes from Dr. Andrew Wakefield, formerly at the Royal Free Hospital in London. His theory is that autism stems from a severe immune reaction to something in the vaccine. In February he published a paper showing that immunized children with autism and bowel disorders have higher levels of measles particles in their intestinal tissue than normal children do. The evidence is not entirely persuasive, however; measles particles...
...just as importantly, the Boston bullpen has been strengthened for an arduous pennant run. Ugueth Urbina’s heart-stopping closing has been the exception and not the rule. Casey Fossum and Sun-Woo Kim have been welcome additions, while the incomparable El Guapo and the inexplicable Tim Wakefield remain solid relievers. In short, the pitching situation is bright...
...despite their worst spring training in decades--one in which both Nomar Garciaparra and Manny Ramirez were injured and soft-spoken manager Jimy Williams managed to alienate even selfless knuckleballer Tim Wakefield--I stubbornly cling to my notion, renewed with the first pitch each spring, that this is the year...
Ballroom classes and parties provide a safe environment that parents--and kids--appreciate. Linda Wakefield, a mother of five and the assistant artistic director of the ballroom-dance company at Brigham Young University, notes that "kids today want to go out and have fun, but in a way that they don't have to be violated--physically, mentally or emotionally." Ken Richards, national director of publicity for the U.S. Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association www.usabda.org) also believes that "kids are looking for activities where they can socialize, where boys and girls can get together, without its being about sex and drugs...