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...them. For starters, his antics have made Lebed something of a hero in his hometown of Cedar Grove. "I'm proud of my son," quickly proclaimed his father Gregory Lebed, a railroad worker for Amtrak who drove up to his house last week in a forest-green Mercedes suv. Proud? Support you can understand. But mass fraud seems a strange accomplishment to crow about...
...accounts, Lebed is intelligent and likable, considered a tad geeky because of the black leather briefcase he totes to school. "He's not very active in school and stuff," notes Kristel Rice, a senior at Cedar Grove High School, where Lebed is a junior. While students knew of his interest in stock trading, he kept to himself, asking only a few to join him. "He kept quiet about it," says classmate Tom McCarthy. "He kept it personal...
...Philippine troops have captured the headquarters of the __ Islamic Liberation Front 2. Pit-__ (heartbeat sound) 3. Nosey Parker 4. Cedar Rapids college 5. Turntable part 6. South African President Thabo __, whose policies on 55-Across have been widely criticized 7. Brown foe 8. Sports hero quoted by Bradley in his endorsement of Gore 9. Bush p.r. man Fleischer 10. __ Sport, whose high-tech swimsuits have been banned in the Olympic trials 11. Lap dog, for short 15. Harry Potter and the __ of Fire 19. Words preceding "tear" or "roll" 21. 1748's Treaty of __-la-Chapelle 22. Serving...
...Venezuelan bean," sniffs Pierrick Chouard, owner of the American subsidiary of Michel Cluizel, a French chocolatier that puts a genealogy of its cocoa beans inside its gift boxes. In the U.S., the Colorado-based Chocolove takes its cue from another prestige consumable and sells a chocolate humidor, a cedar-lined box that protects the candy from the elements. Its president, Timothy Moley, can tell "whether or not the beans were ripe, whether they were fermented and cured properly and how long it's been since they were made into chocolate." A word of warning to other would-be aficionados: Moley...
...eliminate perceived inefficiencies from our places of work. Clearly, many jobs have been streamlined through technology. People, however, will always be the key to innovation and effective decision making. Sound judgment and experience are necessary for success. Neither can be gained through technology alone. CHRISTIAN DELOY Cedar Rapids, Iowa...