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...President through various means, including private detectives. The possibility that the tax-exempt money was misused--which could jeopardize the tax-exempt status of the Spectator--was apparently troubling to the magazine's longtime publisher, Ronald E. Burr. Last year he demanded an audit by an outside accounting firm. In October, Burr was abruptly fired by Spectator editor in chief R. Emmett Tyrrell. Now the magazine is finishing up an "internal investigation" of the funds. It's headed by Theodore Olson, a Spectator board member, Starr's former law partner and Hale's onetime attorney...
Many political analysts speculate that Zhu Rongji is the emerging "strong Premier" for China. There is no doubt that he has demonstrated a flair for the job. But his political ambitions require more than being a strong Premier. His efforts to downsize the government will definitely be met with firm resistance from a wide range of bureaucrats. The nation today is not like the China of old, when the one-man shows of Mao and Deng could be played on the political stage. To succeed nowadays, top leaders need to demonstrate unity and abandon political juggling. JEAN K. LAM Hong...
...works. Starr is said to be making another run at Clinton's pal Webster Hubbell, this time on tax charges. The problem is, Hubbell didn't provide any useful testimony in 1994, when Starr convicted him of bilking clients and partners at the Rose law firm. He isn't any more likely to do so now. And Hubbell isn't the only one who has stymied Starr. Clinton's former Whitewater partner Susan McDougal has refused to cooperate. The Clintons have had their memory lapses. And Starr has failed to turn little fish against big ones. His Whitewater endgame...
This is the second time in the span of a week Harvard has significantly realigned its endowment funds. Jonathon S. Jacobson resigned from HMC taking with him to his new investment firm $500 million in Harvard funds, making the University the firm's largest client...
With this money, Harvard becomes the largest client of Jacobson and his partner's new investment firm, High-fields Capital, which will specialize in hedge funds...