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...your grandfather's occupation?" or "Who is your favorite historical person?" The questions for a Citibank MasterCard account are even odder, bordering on the absurd: "Who was your archrival growing up?" "If you needed a new first name, what would it be?" and "If you could control your height, how tall would you be?" Even if a person can answer those questions, there's no guarantee the answer will be the same the next time around. (One Citibank query, for example, is "Which foreign country would you like to visit?" But the answer might well change a year later, after...
...weekend.) When he appears alongside Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury secretary Hank Paulson at press events he can seem dwarfed in stature, the representative of an agency with its roots not in sweeping monetary policy but in humble consumer protection. Created by Congress in 1934, at the height of the Great Depression, the SEC is charged with making sure that public companies accurately disclose their financials and business risks to investors, and ensuring that brokers who trade securities for clients keep investors' interests first...
...have been married as many as three times and reportedly has three sons and one daughter. • He is said to wear nearly 5-inch platform shoes to increase his height, which is normally about 5' 3". • A film aficionado, Kim reportedly has a collection of as many as 20,000 films. • A CIA profiler once told CNN that Kim, known to be a frequent drinker and a bit of a playboy, recruited "young girls of junior high school age to take part in 'Joy Brigades'" to help him and his officials relax. • Former U.S. Secretary...
...October's annual Millionaire Fair, where the moneyed classes can pick up everything from a gold-plated toilet to a private jet, has been rebranded simply as The Fair. But the metropolis still thrums with a determined decadence, a stance borne of having to hibernate during the height of communist fervor. Practically everywhere you look in the historic French Concession, local entrepreneurs are hawking designer T-shirts or handmade ceramics in tiny yet terribly hip spaces carved out of old lane-houses. This year, several luxury hotels will open their doors in Shanghai, including one run by the Jumeirah Group...
...Anne Carroll Ingersoll, who notched 16 kills and recorded a .517 hitting percentage in just her second collegiate match. The rookie also managed to post an ace, three digs, and a solo block. “[Anne Carroll’s] really tall, so she adds a lot of height to our team,” Durwood said, “but she’s also a great blocker and a great person for me to work with as a setter, and she’s really eager and is always ready to be set.”Freshman...