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...program kicked in once a case was completed and entered the monetary penalty phase. Prior to the program, SEC prosecutors would negotiate directly with wrongdoers, say, asking for $1 million in penalties and then negotiating down to $500,000. But since the program started, prosecutors had to first plead their case for penalties to SEC commissioners, who would negotiate up or down for wrongdoers in advance of direct negotiations for penalties...
...Gaddafi’s high profile has immediately forced the countries of the AU to take notice. The BBC reports that his initial push has been deflected with nations set to reconvene in three months. Yet to assume Gaddafi’s plan was a simple, direct push for unification underestimates the wily dictator. Unification in Africa is now a topic that will not fade away, at least for the next year of Gaddafi’s chairmanship...
...Michelle will neither relegate herself to a nonchalant homemaker nor presume to play the policymaker. Whatever balance she strikes between the two extremes, her lower-profile, more direct initiative is a welcome departure from the Armani-clad Harvard students who flock to the IOP’s liaison program, hoping to cultivate whatever connections might give them a rung up on the political ladder a few years down the road. No matter what cause she chooses to devote herself to, I hope that all Americans, especially Harvardians, pay special attention—sometimes the people most deserving of praise...
...During “The Laramie Project” pre-show panel, a show that I was fortunate to direct, Reverend Stephen Johnson noted that “The Laramie Project” is a play performed around the world. The reason why “The Laramie Project” was so popularly produced, he stated, was that people have found that the powerful message behind this one show is not just confined to one group of people in particular, but to all who face stereotypes and prejudice. The show is more popular and meaningful because of the diverse...
...direct descendant of the Prophet Mohammed...