Word: lamming
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Meanwhile, a mastermind of one of the most elaborate insider-trading schemes in recent history remains on the lam. David Pajcin, a former Goldman Sachs analyst, pleaded guilty in 2006 of running a $6.7 million scam that authorities first detected when a retired underwear seamstress in Croatia earned $2 million in profit from a suspicious, two-day investment in Reebok. The 63-year-old, who did not own a computer, was Pajcin's aunt; he traded stocks in her name and in the name of an exotic dancer he was dating to escape scrutiny. In one ploy to glean inside...
Harvard College Democrats President Eva Z. Lam ’10 said she agreed that student involvement was muted in this year’s elections, though she added that the Democrats chose to remain active over this election season in order to help maintain the momentum of their presidential victory last November...
...never expected that people would get as worked up over Jon Corzine as they did over Barack Obama,” Lam said. “But I also think that it’s important for progressives to understand that you can’t just win one presidential election and have Obama wave a magic wand and make everything better...
...that wood and lumber was an unusual sight, concedes Pham Thanh Lam, director of the Forestry Protection Bureau in Quang Nam, the province where the typhoon made landfall on Sept. 29. The storm was one of the most powerful to hit Vietnam in the past 50 years, killing at least 164 people. The highest number of deaths occurred in the mountainous province of Kon Tum, after heavy rains triggered flash flooding and landslides. At least two villages were completely buried. (See pictures of Ketsana's damage in Manila...
...washed-up wood, says Lam, is evidence of the shrinking old-growth forest cover - a loss that has contributed to erosion and frequent flooding in the province. He blames "logging pirates," illegal timber smugglers who are becoming increasingly bold - and even dangerous. But, Lam added, many trees are also being felled legally to make way for hydroelectric plants and resettlement projects up in the mountains. This week, the Forestry Protection Department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ordered the provinces to determine how much of the wood washed downriver by Ketsana was illegally cut and how much...