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...have been implicated in a sweeping federal investigation of offshore bank accounts, said the Times’ anonymous source. In recent months, Swiss banking giant UBS agreed to turn over the names of thousands of its American clients to the Internal Revenue Service, as the federal government attempts to crack down on tax evasion. Caspersen held a bank account with LGT, a private bank in Liechtenstein. The government of Liechtenstein has also agreed to reveal names of wealthy American clients, an anonymous individual familiar with the investigation told the Times. It is unclear whether Caspersen’s name...
...interests of the party. Says Jun Okumura, a senior advisor at the think tank Eurasia Group and a former government official: "It's Hatoyama's Cabinet, and Ozawa's party. I don't think Ozawa will meddle on the policy side. He has his dream job - another crack at sticking the knife into the LDP heart without the distasteful job of being accountable to the media." Gerald Curtis, a Japanese-politics expert and professor at Columbia University, says the Hatoyama Administration is a game changer in Japanese politics - and that Ozawa's objective has changed as well. The key question...
...have other ethnic or regional foods, it doesn’t seem very expensive, and there are lots of people here from the South. RR: Amen sister. Miyoko T. Pettit ’11, Mather RR: Do you have a favorite among our collection of knockoff cereals? MTP: The crack. Cracklin’ Oat Bran. RR: Maybe not the best time to be making drug references on campus... too soon...
...main under Plympton Street cracked early Sunday afternoon, causing gas to seep into Old Quincy and the building to be evacuated for several hours. The gas concentration was low enough to not constitute a serious fire danger, according to officials at the scene, and the gas company, NSTAR, was present and actively monitoring gas levels soon after the leak was identified. The gas began filtering into the building through cracks in its foundation during the early afternoon yesterday, according to Cambridge Fire Department Deputy Chief Francis E. Murphy III. Outside Quincy on Plympton Street, the smell of gas was palpable...
...attempt to crack down on illegal drug activity, the administration is looking to increase the severity of consequences for students caught with illegal substances, especially marijuana. According to the “Drugs and Alcohol” section of the FAS Student Handbook, students found using illegal substances will be issued a referral letter and are required to meet regularly with consultants from Alcohol & Other Drug Services (AODS...