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...extreme attention to detail. He has a cool head, but friends love pointing to his dry sense of humor. For example, he once told a dentist he was examining in court that he was looking forward to finally having a dentist in his chair. In a recent court brief he quoted Shakespeare. "The irony of the [defense's] casting of his argument in terms of the Lady Macbeth line, 'Out, damned spot! Out I say!,' Litt wrote, "is [an irony] not lost on the Government." (Lady Macbeth was talking of a murder-related bloodstain as if it were just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Will Prosecute the Bernard Madoff Case | 1/14/2009 | See Source »

...Read "A Brief History of the Gaza Strip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facebook Users Go to War over Gaza | 1/13/2009 | See Source »

...fraud. This is all good for the 8,000 who had registered or direct accounts with Bernard Madoff Investment Securities, a broker/dealer. In fact, right now, most are busy filling out their just arrived SIPC claim-recovery forms in hopes of getting back half a mil. See a brief history of Ponzi schemes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bernie Madoff's Victims: Why Some Have No Recourse | 1/12/2009 | See Source »

...Read "A Brief History Of: The Gaza Strip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Badly Has Hamas Been Hurt in Gaza? | 1/12/2009 | See Source »

...brief sketches that follow are meant to remind readers of the breadth and depth of pop culture, and the impact, ephemeral or lasting, made by some of actors, directors, writers, musicians and other show people who died in 2008. They deserve long goodbyes, but these haiku sendoffs will have to do. The Internet Movie Database lists more than 2,000 celebrities who got their final call last year; alas, most of them didn't make my final cut. I just wish I could say this list is as definitive as Rex Reed's, in this week's New York Observer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Richard Corliss's 2008 Entertainment Death Reel | 1/10/2009 | See Source »

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