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...million Beverly Hills home -- where his neighbors included actor Gene Hackman and director John Landis -- and who was allegedly part of Saddam's global network for procuring arms and military technology. Wadi reportedly helped acquire a suburban Cleveland machine-tool firm called Matrix-Churchill, which made versatile computer-operated jig grinders that could be used to produce precision parts for everything from consumer products to aerospace and nuclear equipment. According to Kroll, the Ohio-based company also submitted inflated bills to Iraq that enabled Saddam to skim funds and deposit them in foreign bank accounts...
...jig is up. In cooperation with an investigation into its admissions practices, Harvard turned over a wealth of applicant records to the Department of Education, which used the data to determine that Harvard had not discriminated illegally against Asian-Americans. But in the process, the Ed. Department found that Harvard's treatment of Asian-Americans, though it did not constitute illegal discrimination, did contradict Harvard's own stated policies...
...gauging whether foreign spies are eavesdropping on his corporate clients. In one scheme, he instructs his client to transmit a fake cable informing its European office of a price increase. If the client's competitor in that country boosts its price to the level mentioned in the cable, the jig is up. "You just spoof 'em," Courtney says...
...condition. As his attitude brightened, an important change took place inside his body: an increase in the activity of his "natural killer cells," a crucial link in the immune system. By year's end, though he still had cancer, Donald was able to dance a jig for his group...
...Order Dept: The jig is up for Oliver North. The former Marine Corps colonel who trampled on the Constitution in the name of democracy is finally getting his just desserts. A federal court jury found North guilty on three of the 12 counts against him, including aiding and abetting the obstruction of Congress, accepting an illegal gratuity and destroying and falsifying government documents. He faces up to 10 years in prison and $750,000 in fines...