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...only when white teens started listening to it: "Hip-hop was never a problem in Harlem, only in Boston." It's Eminem's most political song, even if it is rooted in his bottomless sense of personal grievance, which seems to grow in direct proportion to his bank account. On Square Dance, he anticipated that Iraq would be next on America's target list long before it dominated the headlines: "When I say Hussein, you say Shady," he taunts, alluding to his nom de rap, Slim Shady. "F___in' assassins hijackin', Amtraks crashin'/All this terror America demands action...
...fluke, really, that Cooper got wind of the rotten accounting. A worried executive in the wireless division told her in March 2002 that corporate accounting had taken $400 million out of his reserve account and used it to boost WorldCom's income. But when Cooper went to Andersen to inquire about the maneuver, she was told matter-of-factly that it was not a problem. When she didn't relent, Sullivan angrily told Cooper that everything was fine and she should back off. He was furious at her, according to a person involved in the matter. Cooper, concerned that...
...criticized the BIA's distribution system, pointing out that "tribes with the highest reported revenues can receive more TPA base funds than other tribes with no revenues or with losses." Congress directed the BIA to report by April 1, 1999, "on alternative methods for distributing TPA funds, taking into account tribal revenues and the relative needs of tribes and tribal members." While acknowledging funding inequities, the BIA will not change the system. One reason: the tribes view such government funding as an entitlement. As an official of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians--a tribe in Minnesota with...
...Women tend to have to account for their time more than men do," says Elizabeth Long, a sociology professor at Rice University who has studied women's book groups. "It makes an exit more legitimate if you can say, 'I'm getting together to play bunco or bridge' rather than 'I'm going...
...happened last year with Southern California Edison. To guard against owing tax on phantom gains, investors should hold fully taxable preferreds in an IRA or other tax-deferred account. And because taxes paid on phantom gains can never be fully recovered if the company fails, Lieb says he invests only in high-quality companies...