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...sudden crisis of confidence. Which could conceivably happen to anybody. "It's a good old-time panic," says Scott MacDonald, co-author of Separating Fools from Their Money: A History of American Financial Scandals and director of research at Aladdin Capital, a fixed-income investment manager in Stamford, Conn. "We haven't had one in a while...
Growing up in Farmington, Conn., Harvard starting pitcher Shawn Haviland watched his favorite team, the New York Yankees, collect a handful of championships in the late ‘90s. Like any young fan, he idolized Derek Jeter, New York’s popular shortstop. So imagine Haviland’s attempt to play it cool when the Yankee captain approached him in the weight room of their training facility in Tampa, Fla., and introduced himself. “I just started laughing hysterically,” the senior righthander remembers. “I said...
...guides mentioned Bush and all that he has done for Africa. Thank you for Geldof's article. Apparently "the great unacknowledged story of America in Africa" is less important to most of the media than what Obama and Clinton had for breakfast yesterday. Tom Reynolds, DURHAM, CONN...
...article, Geldof got to the real reason the U.S. is interested in Africa: "It's a continent of 900 million potential producers and consumers ... the continent America must befriend, if only out of self-interest." The U.S. wants to exploit Africa, especially for its oil. Christine Halpin, ANSONIA, CONN...
...highway noise makes quiet reflection impossible at what many consider sacred ground, and nearly every vista is marred by cars and trucks whizzing - or, too often, crawling - by in the background. "It would be more reverent to the site if there was no traffic," says Don Ghostlaw, from Tolland, Conn., who on a recent Saturday had rushed to see Stonehenge on his first day in England. "It's surprising there is traffic so close to such an historic site." The situation may soon get even worse: Last month, supermarket chain Tesco revealed plans to build a 280,000-square-foot...