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...triumph of McAuliffe this week seems on a collision course with Americans' growing dissatisfaction about the ways in which campaigns are financed. Voters know instinctively now that Presidents and politicians may come and go, but the men who collect the checks and rack up the favors amass the real power. And so far, none of the proposed reforms from either party would change that. While Clinton and his kingmaker have reinvented the rules of Democratic fund raising, that achievement has also brought scandal to the presidency and left McAuliffe with hefty legal bills. "When it comes to political money, this...
Richard's spanking new empire is starting to rival the one Dad took decades to amass. And while CyberWorks' capitalization could deflate tomorrow with a market slump, Richard's vision is hugely ambitious. He wants to provide fast and flexible interactive television and Internet access, through so-called broadband connections, to the vast populations of China, India and the rest of Asia--and thus become the largest such provider in the world. Dad is on the same wavelength. A week before his son struck the Cable & Wireless deal, Li Sr. went public with a tiny, barely operating Internet company called...
...campus is the same problem that currently plagues the rest of the country. It is the problem of expectations. They are simply too high. Harvard does not breed modest expectations to begin with, and the New Economy has only made the matter worse. Before now, Harvard seniors hoping to amass large quantities of wealth faced the prospect of years toiling long hours at an investment bank. The equation of work and reward, while still slightly twisted, remained somewhat intact. That equation no longer exists...
...over months before the election. Then came Arizona Sen. John S. McCain's surprise victory in New Hampshire. Most amazingly, this self-styled reformer heralds campaign finance reform as a centerpiece of his platform. In 1992, mentioning campaign finance reform as a real possibility got predictable laughs. Who could amass enough money to win the presidency by biting the hand that feeds them? How would you expect members of Congress to endorse you when you're campaigning to take away the very thing that got them there? And yet campaign finance reform is good for ordinary citizens, and by promoting...
...college looks to transform itself into the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study, it has slowly begun to amass a fleet of scholars that will define the next chapter in the school's history...