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Shame on Joe Klein for playing the race card to make his point about health-care reform [Sept. 21]. Is his implication that white people lack "character" if they oppose legislation that may or may not disproportionately favor minorities? I am a reasonable American with a bunch of formal education and life experience, and I am opposed to the current plan solely because I do not believe there is a way to pay for it, either individually or collectively. Wait until you see the premium you will be charged to cover your pre-existing serious illness--and everyone else...
When the Red Sox clinched the American League Wild Card on Tuesday, 12 Harvard Law School students sitting in the box seats of the team’s CEO had an extra incentive to watch: course credit...
...then. London is determined to put on a spectacular show in 2012, and given the city's early preparations, it may well achieve this goal. But just how far along are the key building and transportation projects, as well as plans for security? TIME offers a report card on the preparations with 1029 days...
...Lewis took over. But rather than retrenching as most people expected, Lewis proved he liked the art of the deal as much as McColl. In 2003, Bank of America bought Boston-based bank Fleet for $47 billion. Two years later he spent $35 billion to buy credit card giant MBNA. And as the credit crisis began to unfold, Lewis picked up Countrywide, which at its height was the nation's largest independent mortgage lender, for just over $4 billion...
...tenure was marked by several major acquisitions, including FleetBoston Financial Corp. in 2003 for $47 billion, credit card giant MBNA in 2005 for $35 billion, Countrywide Financial Corp. in 2008 for $4 billion, and Merrill Lynch in 2008 for $50 billion...