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...former communist country as it moved toward economic privatization. During his time advising the Russian government, Shleifer invested personally in the country, and in 2004, a federal judge found Shleifer liable for conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government. The judge also ruled that Harvard had breached its government contract, and the University paid $26.5 million to settle out of court. Shleifer was required to pay an additional $2 million as part of the settlement.Despite the controversy, Shleifer was allowed to keep his endowed Harvard professorship, in part due to his close relationship with Summers, according to a January 2006 article...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel and June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Professors: University Past Shouldn't Follow Summers' Political Future | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

...Nolan opposed a motion to extend Fowler-Finn’s contract for this year, though it narrowly passed, 4-3, in the school committee last January...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Head of Cambridge Schools Leaves Early | 11/14/2008 | See Source »

With no one left in Washington to attack, KEITH OLBERMANN signs four-year, $30 million contract...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...shelter’s work contract director, Eleanor R. Wilking ’09, began the event by noting that the dinner was “a little bit bittersweet” because, “we envision a day when our services as an emergency homeless shelter will no longer be needed...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Homeless Shelter Kicks Off Year | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...father, who was accused of swinging the 1960 election for John F. Kennedy with the help of some Chicago voters who had already drawn their last breath, Richard M. Daley has been dogged by problems of his own. At least one of his aides has been convicted in a contract-scam case, and the city council is rarely scandal-free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Chicago Way Helped Obama | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

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