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While punitive damages have to be decided again in court, Abramian will still receive compensatory damages awarded to him in the original trial, according to Abramian's attorney, John J. Barter...
...America the land of opportunity? Or a materialist hell where people barter their dignity for trinkets? Ask the woman who's fishing under a male model's kilt in order to identify a hidden object (don't ask) and win a trip to Scotland--it's both! The makers of this raucous game show do research on potential contestants, drawn from the audience, recruiting family and friends to help pose personalized, howlingly degrading challenges. The champs win fabulous vacations but must leave immediately, hence the title. Sometimes inspired, always juvenile, Toothbrush makes you feel better about whatever...
...contemplating what to write for my final column, thinking back over the last four years of news covered by The Crimson, a gift topic fell into my lap in the form of the Senior Survey. In exchange for commencement tickets (a wisely-chosen barter on the part of the College), all seniors must fill out an eight-part multiple choice and free-response survey on aspects of life at Harvard. In an e-mail sent to the Class of 2000, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 directed us to a website for easy responding and pointed out that...
However, Jonathan Barter, Abramian's attorney, said he thought Harvard was being disingenuous in their appeal...
...until the general election. Over time, most states switched to the caucuses and primaries, although many of those remained virtually meaningless for decades, as local delegates weren't bound to nominate the candidates who received the most votes. Instead, they would head to state conventions where their votes were bartered among local power brokers, thus keeping the power in the hands of the small cadre of party bosses. State party heads would then show up at the national convention and barter their delegates for concessions from the party's choice of candidate...