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Edited by Nabokov's son Dmitri, the omnibus brings together 65 tales and sketches. Most have appeared at least once in previous collections. Many are translations of originals written during the 1920s and '30s for Russian emigre publications in Berlin and Paris. Eleven have recently been translated into English for the first time, among them The Wood-Sprite, written in 1921 and listed as the author's first published story...
...Singaporean investigators, Leeson, who was the general manager of futures trading for Britain's Barings bank in Singapore, wiped out some $1.38 billion of the bank's funds in Asian futures markets. The loss was more than the 232-year-old investment institution could cover. Leeson was charged with eleven counts of fraud and forgery. "One of the reasons for fleeing to Germany," says TIME's John Moody, "was an obvious fear of the kind of punishment he faced in Singapore. It must have been a very difficult decision to give up the extradition fight...
...state grant of $22 million for new facilities and programs, but she expects that could be "a one-shot deal." With domestic violence dropping off the screen, she has decided to talk about the council in terms of "homicide prevention," she says. "We don't know what 7-Eleven is going to be robbed next, or what car hijacked. But we do know which woman is going to be killed, and with enough resources, we can prevent...
...Karen Gudeman and freshman Jennifer Burney lead the league in overall scoring and goalkeeping, respectively, while freshman Naomi Miller was named Ivy Rookie of the Week. The offensive strength and scoring capabilities, added to the fact that the Harvard defense has let in a league-low six goals during eleven games, is an indication of the team's prowess...
Moreover, a boyfriend has no legal standing to interfere in a decision about a pregnancy--or even be notified of that decision. Eleven states have laws that give husbands the right to notification or consent, but those statutes were declared unconstitutional in the 1992 Supreme Court case Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey. The court ruled that spousal-consent laws embody "a view of marriage ... repugnant to our present understanding of marriage." The decision recognized that controversial, unwanted pregnancies occur only under murky, vexing circumstances in which the relationship is already too dysfunctional for there to be voluntary communication...