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...office as governor. After reporters inquired as to whether Spitzer had used a state plane to fly to California for a fund-raising trip - he had not - Dopp asked state troopers to look into the state-funded travel habits of Spitzer's chief antagonist, Republican state senate leader Joseph Bruno. When the trooper request was made public, the state G.O.P. objected bitterly. Teams of investigators are still looking into whether the governor and his people illegally used their authority to try to intimidate Bruno...
Meanwhile, Spitzer's enemies were doing their best to disguise their glee. In Albany, his arch-rival Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, told TIME that he looked forward to working with the new chief executive, Lt. Governor David Paterson who officially succeeds Spitzer on Monday. Says Bruno: "I know he is in an entirely different frame of mind" than Spitzer, who "was a prosecutor and had that mentality. That doesn't work as CEO." Bruno, who will retain his post as Senate Majority Leader while assuming the duties - but not the title - of Lieutenant Governor, had only good words...
Paterson - who will serve out the three years remaining on Spitzer's term - is respected on both sides of the aisle. "We're fortunate that he's the one," says Perkins. He notes that Paterson maintains a strong relationship with Spitzer nemesis Joseph Bruno, the Republican State Senate majority leader, who now assumes the lieutenant governorship...
...According to recent polls, 77 percent of French people believe Kerviel is a “victim” of the system. Bruno Jeanbart, a French pollster, told Bloomberg, “French opinion perceives [Kerviel] as a man in the street, overtaken by the system.” That was just the tip of the iceberg. The popular French daily Le Monde addressed Kerviel as a “hero of our time” on February 2nd, and that same day, Le Figaro revealed that only 13 percent of people believed the trader was responsible for the scandal...
...KENTUCKY 4, HARVARD 3The first match of the weekend began perfectly. The Crimson won the doubles point by sweeping all three matches for the first time this season and took the lead and the momentum into the singles portion.At No. 1 doubles, Kumar and Ermakov conquered Bruno Agostinelli and Brad Cox, a pairing ranked 21st in the nation, 9-8, in the most competitive doubles match.The first four singles matches all ended in Kentucky wins, enough for the overall victory. The Wildcats took the No. 3 and No. 4 singles spots in straight sets...