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...Meanwhile the sport of kings - the polite name for British horse [an error occurred while processing this directive] racing - has been cast into turmoil by an alleged betting fraud and the arrest of Kieren Fallon, one of its most accomplished jockeys. And to what prosecutors and investigating committees maintain is systemic corruption can be added an outsize helping of low-level deceit that tends to be marked down as "gamesmanship." One British newspaper was so amused by the underhanded dealings on display in the World Cup that it produced a series of league tables under such headings as diving, feigning...
...University’s decision to pay settlement costs and to allow Shleifer to maintain his teaching post have also irked some professors, who believed it might be the result of Shleifer’s close relationship with Summers. But in May, the Corporation issued a statement saying that Summers had been “recused totally” from discussions about the litigation and any possible disciplinary decisions in the case...
Calderón, a former energy minister and the candidate of outgoing President Vicente Fox’s ruling National Action Party, focused his campaign on reviving the Mexican economy, promising to increase foreign investment, reduce tax rates, further liberalize trade, and maintain tight monetary policy...
...before his resignation, Summers said at a confrontational Faculty meeting that he did not know enough details to have an opinion on the Shleifer case, angering some Faculty members who saw his remarks as disingenuous.The University’s decision to pay settlement costs and to allow Shleifer to maintain his teaching post have also irked some professors, who believed it might be the result of Shleifer’s close relationship with Summers. But in May, the Corporation issued a statement saying that Summers had been ”recused totally” from discussions about the litigation...
...government to deny contracts to companies that did not do drug testing. President Reagan quickly ordered tests for federal job applicants and employees who carried guns or held "sensitive positions," and in 1988 Congress passed the Drug-Free Workplace Act, which required recipients of any government money to "maintain a drug-free workplace." In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected arguments that the federal drug-testing programs were unreasonable searches and seizures, finding a Fourth Amendment exception for the government's "special need" to keep druggies out of high-risk jobs...