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...People have a right to expect integrity from their elected officials, and breaches of the public trust are not to be taken lightly,” the office of E. Denise Simmons, the mayor of Cambridge, said in a statement. “The Mayor shall not pass any judgment on this matter until all the facts have come to light.” Turner is the second Massachusetts public official arrested on corruption charges related to the proposed “Dejavu” club. State Senator Dianne Wilkerson was arrested on Oct. 28 for allegedly accepting bribes exceeding...
...From his days at Cambridge, he was a man on the make. Comments from his profs indicate his charm and their nettled reluctance to surrender to it. "Well-read, quick, keen, industrious," read a judgment from 1927. "I doubt if he has any real originality." The following year: "satisfactory, but a journalist's mind." And in 1932: "I still believe that he is not really a first-class man, but there is no doubt he has an extraordinary capacity for impressing himself on others.... He is very much out for himself, and I should sum him up as a clever...
...rare. Thus, the ambition of the HEMS in selecting this somewhat hazardous reprisal is all the more admirable, but it also subjects itself to an intense test of finesse and intelligence. The uniqueness of its subject and the lack of sufficient previous efforts with which to compare it make judgment difficult. Even with these obstacles, though, it was obvious that the production’s attempts at achieving authentic style and presentation—elements that should have served to make it extraordinary—were actually its greatest weaknesses. A romantic but comic farce...
...rule with Chopra's books, the proceedings finish up with clearly laid-out instructions to help the reader find the magic lying at the heart of his or her own world. "Life is set up to bring you every needed situation in its own right time." "Judgment is a negative belief system held in place by stuck energy." "Fear is the spiritual opposite of love." And so forth. "Damn it," Jess remarks at one point in his adventure. "I was caught between sobbing and screaming. En-chantment overload will do that...
With less than two months to go as President, Bush faces few opportunities to change history's judgment of him, including his policies of lax regulation that helped create the crisis with which the world is now struggling. Painting a picture of himself rallying the world to the defense of free-market capitalism is a natural response to his diminished stature, and the G-20 summit is one of his last moments to gain attention on the global stage...