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...French political parties of all stripes. According to the Transparency International complaint that Desset has decided to investigate, the Bongo and Sassou-Nguesso families hold 70 and 111 bank accounts in France respectively, and own a total of 31 pricey homes or buildings in and around Paris. They also boast entire fleets of cars in France. Listed in the Obiang Nguema family's holdings are two luxury automobiles and a $44.2 million private jet (though the Equatorial Guinean first family has snubbed Paris' real estate market in favor of a $45 million property in Malibu...
...logic that more education means more money lends itself to the logic that a more prestigious education means even more money. According to payscale.com, the median starting salary of emerging Harvard undergraduates who work full-time in the United States is $63,400; even without pursuing further schooling, they boast mid-career median salaries of $124,000. Compare these numbers to the median earnings of the average American male—$45,113 in 2007—and the evidence that a Harvard education increases one’s earning potential appears incontrovertible...
...this year, which leaves room for hope that a new batch of heavy hitters will emerge.Harvard’s rotation should have a whole new look next season. Suter has ace potential and Hulse is a workhorse. If Perlman and Eadington come back as expected, the Crimson might boast the best crop of starters in the Ivy League.But the most important adjustment from this season that Harvard needs to carry over to 2010 is its change in attitude—a development that can be attributed to Douglas’ leadership. Whoever the next captain is would be wise...
Though Cohen has a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from Cambridge, and another one in Experimental Physics from Stanford, he is more inclined to boast about his goofy videos on complex scientific topics than about his pedigree. One such video shows particles under the influence of an electrical waveform synchronized to the beat of “Move It, Move It.” Bopping his head to the beat, Cohen successfully pulls off the seemingly unthinkable: a techno/physics fusion...
...last couple of Bond films - but science and technology are still vital to security. That's why MI5, Britain's domestic security service, is currently advertising for a kind of real-life Q. The new "chief scientific adviser", an ad posted on the agency's website says, should boast "world-class scientific expertise" and "outstanding influencing and communication skills" in order "that the service continues to be supported by excellent science and technology advice." (See pictures of James Bond foiling villains...