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Several financial scandals soon dealt the final blows to Holt’s political career. Amid speculation that he had diverted over $20,000 from the Bishop Estate—a trust intended to fund local schools of which he was a trustee—for personal use, including colossal tabs at various late-night entertainment and dining spots, Holt suffered a crushing loss in his 1996 bid for re-election...
...Great ambition and onquest without contribution is without significance.” Sadly, Kline’s latest movie, The Emperor’s Club, is exactly that—a film that doesn’t contribute much to audience enjoyment and has little significance amid the torrent of “great teacher” movies released in the past decade. Perhaps St. Benedict’s could have done better with Mr. Holland or even Mr. Keating...
...starring Pierce Brosnan, have together grossed more than $1 billion at the box office. If the story lines were not always coherent, at least the action was reliably high octane, the stunts spectacular, the women lovely (and increasingly lethal) and the hero an island of imperturbable British cool amid the mayhem. In the Irish Brosnan, with his nimble brow and arch half-smiles, the franchise has found its most persuasive Bond since Scotsman Sean Connery. Decades of critics have asked when the superspy will mothball the tux and retire. Yet Berry speaks for a lot of post--cold war babies...
Against Minnesota yesterday, Harvard maintained a 35-16 shot advantage, but the Gophers found opportunities amid the onslaught...
...Internet companies, question whether Credit Suisse has purged its ghosts. "They're still carrying their old portfolios, and they will certainly want to exit many of those businesses," says Thomas Kalbermatten, who covers CS for Switzerland's Bank Sarasin. "In the meantime, the losses are definitely not finished." Amid all these struggles, the one many see as inevitable - a supremacy battle between Mack and Grübel - seems to have taken a back seat. "For now, I think it works better to have two people," says Kalbermatten. But he asserts that later "the leadership structure may change." In the meantime...