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Last week, Daniel Dantas, a Brazilian banker of fantastic wealth and influence, was convicted on corruption charges, sentenced to 10 years in prison, and fined R$ 12 million ($5 million). Mr. Dantas’ fate remains unclear as he may still file multiple appeals that could take years to be evaluated. Nevertheless, his conviction reflects an accomplishment of the Lula administration in Brazil: the freedom of the Polícia Federal, responsible for gathering the evidence in the case. The PF has been allowed to aggressively pursue corruption investigations since 2003 and numerous prosecutions show that Brazil?...
...actual level of spending reductions and the areas in which they will be made have not been determined yet, the school’s executive dean for administration, Daniel G. Ennis, said in an e-mailed statement...
...through social networks. “Unhappiness spreads, but it doesn’t spread quite as much nor does it spread quite as consistently as happiness,” said Harvard Medical School professor Nicholas A. Christakis, who is a co-author of the paper. Harvard psychology professor Daniel T. Gilbert, a expert on happiness, called the new paper “stunning” in an e-mailed statement. “We’ve known for some time that social relationships are the best predictor of human happiness, and this paper shows that the effect...
...easy victory. Harvard scored twice in a row—once in the second period and once in the final period—to regain the lead.Sophomore forward Michael Del Mauro notched a goal at 9:54 in the second after tipping in a pass from freshman forward Daniel Moriarty. Despite playing a cleaner period, UND again committed a penalty in the last seconds of the second frame, allowing the Crimson to start off the third period with a man advantage.Again taking advantage of the power play, Harvard scored a goal to take the lead just eight seconds into...
...challenges. “It’s very visceral. You plunge right into it and we had no choice because we were working on a tight schedule and people had to be very intuitive,” he said. For this reason, Zwick turned to seasoned actors, including Daniel Craig, Liev Schriber, and Jamie Bell. “It was a very large cast of hugely talented actors from all over the world...In this case when it was about language and accent and all these things I really felt I needed people of a particular background...