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...first ferry boat pulled its bow up to the tip of the wing, and the first mate lowered the Jacob's ladder down to us. We got a couple people up the ladder to safety, but the current was strong pushing the stern of the boat into the inflatable slide and we were afraid it would puncture it; there must have been 25 passengers in it by now. Only two or three were able to board the first ferry before it moved away...
Better than your current lunch plans: Slate editor-in-chief Jacob Weisberg will be at the Kennedy School from 12 to 1 on Tuesday to chat about "Web Media and the Future of Journalism...
...left by the demise of the first Bank of the United States, the sort-of central bank whose charter Congress had allowed to expire the year before. City nearly went under in the Panic of 1837 but was bailed out by the country's richest man, fur magnate John Jacob Astor. Astor's associate Moses Taylor built City into a bulwark of sound finance--big capital reserves, stingy lending standards--that bankrolled the Union during the Civil War and easily withstood the first postwar financial panic...
...South Africa Corruption in Chief? With elections months away, Jacob Zuma, leader of South Africa's ruling party, may face a choice between the campaign trail and the courtroom. An appellate court has revived charges against him of corruption, fraud and racketeering. While Zuma is still the heavily favored presidential candidate, the case could complicate his run and any ensuing first term...
...same time, Clinton has been interviewing candidates for important positions under her at State. She has already picked two experienced deputies in James Steinberg, a former top official under Bill Clinton, who will be her chief aide; and Jacob Lew, who will be in charge of planning and managing the financing needed for her proposed expansion of the department. More recently, Clinton tapped two key advisers: Dennis Ross for the Middle East, and Richard Holbrooke for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Both men are powerful, occasionally controversial figures, known for taking blunt positions on issues and pursuing ambitious diplomatic agendas...