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...same time, even as her attackers keep the pot boiling on Whitewater, nothing conclusive emerges from the steam. Republicans have done little to disprove Mrs. Clinton's claim that she did nothing illegal on behalf of Madison Guaranty, the now defunct savings and loan association that was headed by Jim McDougal, the Clintons' partner in their Whitewater land investment. Similarly, there's no evidence that the thrift got favorable treatment from a Clinton-appointed state bank regulator, Beverly Bassett Schaffer...
Next on Santa's list are the members of the now defunct D.U. club. Santa's heart breaks for these poor boys. In a few weeks, when they open their stockings, each of them will find a copy of Down and Out in America: The Origins of Homelessness, by Peter Rossi, as well as a map and directions to the nearest homeless shelter in Cambridge...
Some theft is part of a wholesale pattern. At the Y&A Group, a defunct St. Louis, Missouri, engineering firm, former president Malcolm Cheek stole $600,000 through schemes like pledging company assets as collateral for loans that he pocketed. When he later ran into severe cash-flow problems, Cheek ransacked $254,000 from the 401(k) accounts in a last-ditch effort to cover his losses. Convicted last March, he is serving a nine-year prison term for fraud and embezzlement...
After the spectacular failure of Margaret Thatcher's poll tax in the United Kingdom, you wouldn't think that anyone would seriously discuss its equally evil twin, the flat tax, in this country. After all, we split with that now-defunct empire because we knew how to do all the taxation and representation stuff much better. But the flat tax, most recently championed by Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes, has returned to the spotlight...
Even last spring, when AALARM was officially defunct, the group displayed posters bearing "AIDS: Sodomy = Death," according to Malone. Students also criticized that postering campaign