Word: alberto
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...program, which has faced criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, takes center stage today as Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, a Harvard Law School (HLS) alum, testifies before the Judiciary Committee in an attempt to mollify lawmakers’ criticisms...
...opportunity to give Torino an international showcase," says Grissiotto. And even sophisticated Italians may decide to join the party if native athletes start to pick up gold. After winning five World Cup races so far this season, slalom specialist Giorgio Rocca could fill the giant boots of legendary skier Alberto Tomba. Carolina Kostner gives Italy its first real shot at women's figure-skating glory in years. And a strong contingent of cross-country skiers and lugers could stand on the podium. Yet organizers admit the real newsmakers are likely to be foreign athletes. The U.S. ski team, headed...
...chairman of Harvard’s economics department, Ropes Professor of Political Economy Alberto F. Alesina, offered praise last night for Bernanke and Kroszner, both of whom he knows professionally. And Alesina said that he was not shocked to see so many Harvard alumni joining the Federal Reserve Board...
...program as a perfectly legal weapon in the war on terror, administration officials have begun dropping subtle hints-without explicitly saying so-that President Bush could go to Congress to seek more specific authority to listen in on U.S. citizens who are suspected of entanglement with terrorists. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales added to such speculation Tuesday by asserting during a series of television interviews that the law setting up an apparatus requiring warrants for such eavesdropping-the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA-might be outmoded. "I think we all realize that since 1978, when FISA was passed, there have...
...racers - young, fit and famous - are not exactly strangers in the nightclubs at resorts across Europe and the Rockies. There's a reason the ski circuit is called the "white circus." Italian ski legend Alberto Tomba (La Bomba) kept the tabloids busy with his evening exploits. "If any of the sponsors didn't know what they were in for, that this is a part of the package, shame on them," says a Nike rep. According to Miller's agent, Miller just inked the biggest deal ever for a skier, with equipment maker Atomic. He also endorses Barilla pasta, among other...