Word: eliot
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...prickly side of "Hank" Greenberg helped bring his reign to an end last week. Faced with continuing probes by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer, the AIG board thought it best to stop antagonizing regulators and pushed Greenberg, who will turn 80 in May, to resign. Otherwise he might have survived the mess, which centers on a deal that AIG cut with General Re, a company that insures insurers. Investigators say AIG bought insurance from Gen Re and accounted for it in a way that overstated revenue...
...lazy with door holding. When entering Eliot, I gleefully swipe my card (whee!), and I look to see who might be approaching...
Hebah M. Ismail ’06, a Crimson editorial editor, is a psychology concentrator in Eliot House...
Parents congregated this weekend at Eliot House Dining Hall for the Annual Junior Parents’ Weekend Ice Cream Bash, giving up quality time with their children for bragging opportunities, whipped cream, and M&M’s—all over 60 gallons of ice cream. Some of the highlights...
Particularly interesting are the varied opinions of eminent scholars and leaders of the time. Former University President Charles E. Eliot, Class of 1853, protested The Birth of a Nation and headed the NAACP’s campaign to remove the most offensive scenes from the film; conversely, President Woodrow Wilson’s reaction was much more drastic. After a private screening at the White House, he said, “It’s like writing history with lightning. And my only regret is that it is all terribly true...