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Professor of History and Literature and of History John Brewer, an expert in 18th century British political theory, will become the third Harvard professor to make the move to the California university this year...
Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence said he made a counter offer to Brewer, but Harvard could not match the West Coast school's offer...
...known as the City of London is also embroiled in a shocking stock-trading scandal. Investigators are still probing deeply into allegations of wrongdoing surrounding the $4 billion takeover last year of Distillers, the British manufacturer of Johnnie Walker Scotch and Gordon's gin, by Guinness, the Anglo-Irish brewer and distiller. The sensational affair has already ruined the careers of some of Britain's best-known businessmen, and may bring regulatory retaliation on the City...
...seven top executives of Guinness and of Morgan Grenfell, the London bank that acted as the brewer's financial adviser, have been asked to resign as a result of the scandal, which has been dubbed "Guinnessgate" by some British newspapers. Among those fired: Guinness Chairman Earnest Saunders and Morgan Grenfell Chief Executive Christopher Reeves. Some of the executives could face criminal prosecution, and Guinness has already been hit by lawsuits from Distillers' shareholders...
...hear Marti Brewer tell it, the fact that she made it into the college she wanted is a small miracle. Although a good student, she decided she needed a special summer course to improve her chances. But the counseling office at her high school in Fayetteville, Ark., bungled the course application by reporting the wrong SAT scores. Fortunately she caught the mistake in time. Looking back on her experience from the safety of Rice University, the freshman-in-spite- of- it-all sighs, "Counselors are overwhelmed with duties. They don't know how to help...