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...bottom of the Enron mess, hearings on Capital Hill began today. Joe Lieberman, positioning himself for 2004 from the big chair at the Governmental Affairs Committee, is running the Democratic show in the Senate. He'll be trying to stay centrist with fellow Democrat Carl Levin on his left and Fred Thompson on his right - and $11,500 from Arthur Andersen and $2,000 from Enron since 1989 in his pocket. In the House, the Republicans are eager to show they can be tough on Big Business too - James Greenwood, chairman of the Energy and Commerce oversight committee (a wholly...
...calendar slips forward (and the legislative agenda settles into midterm election year vigorous-debate mode) Lieberman's committee will likely be where the stars come out. Governmental Affairs is the headliner, the Watergate committee, and the trio of Lieberman, Levin and Thompson - who has already made a declaration of sorts by urging the White House to "get the information out" about Enron contacts - should make for ripe daytime-cable viewing all spring. But while Lieberman must be pleased to know Ken Lay's schedule is now officially cleared, he doesn't have any big guests booked yet, and will kick...
Last month, Yale President Richard C. Levin suggested that the nation’s top colleges should scrap early decision admissions programs. His comments have sparked a national debate on an issue important to all college-bound students. Levin was correct in asserting that the binding system of early decision disadvantages students for the convenience of college admissions committees. However, many of Levin’s criticisms do not apply to the non-binding system of early action used by Harvard and other colleges, and this process should be retained...
Early acceptance programs have come under significant criticism recently after Yale University President Richard C. Levin spoke out strongly against such programs, telling the New York Times in a Dec. 13 article, “If we all got rid of [early decision], it would be a good thing...
RETIRING. LINDA FAIRSTEIN, 54, chief prosecutor of New York City's sex-crimes unit who successfully pushed national and local legislation on behalf of rape victims; in New York City. Among her best-known cases was the conviction of preppie Robert Chambers in the 1986 manslaughter of teen Jennifer Levin...