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...star power do these folks have? What hits have they headlined? Anyone who can spontaneously name the last film that each of these four starred in deserves a share of F&F's profits. (Or spends too much time fishing through the video-store discount bin. The answers, in case you were wondering, are Babylon A.D., The Lazarus Project, A Cat's Tale and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning...
...Having been a victim myself, through Madoff's West Coast feeder stalwart Chais, I know firsthand all about the high fees: 25% of income earned. Chais isn't talking, but that adds up to real money, enough to create, in his case, a foundation, the Chais Family Foundation, purportedly worth $175 million before Madoff's arrest on Dec. 11, 2008. The foundation is now kaput, as is Chais' financial sub-empire and as is, for that matter, my retirement. Chais has several lawsuits pending against him, including one by Eric Roth, the Hollywood screenwriter...
...family's case, after decades of investing, and politely asking at cocktail parties how the arbitrage formula worked, and being politely rebuffed, it was made very clear by Chais that he was managing things - or his "New York people" were, "his brokers." Yeah, we bought it; he was getting older, in his 80s, and we all felt he had perfected the formula, whatever that was, and that "his people" were well trained...
...each fall, the administration has wisely responded to a larger national trend in a way that could greatly benefit the Harvard community. The online versions of the formerly printed guidebooks will make it considerably easier to keep information up to date at all times. Before, it was often the case that the print version of the Courses of Instruction did not include all courses offered in a particular department, whereas the online version did. Converting entirely to an e-version will both eliminate confusion and, because of the Internet’s widespread availability, streamline the information-gathering process...
...There might even be good news in the Iowa decision for gays in California, where activists are fearfully awaiting the justices' ruling on Prop 8, which is likely to be issued in coming weeks. The Iowa decision cited the California case eight times and borrowed its reasoning again and again. That kind of homage from a sister court - and one that, like California's, has a long history of breakthrough civil rights decisions - may strengthen the resolve of the majority in the Golden State and turn aside the narrow vote of the people...