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...maximum sentence for possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute is two-and-a-half years, if the case is kept at the district level and the defendant has no prior history, Cambridge Police Det. Stan J. Gedaminsky, a member of the vice narcotics squad, said yesterday...
...balance out that blow a bit for health-care providers, both the House and Senate plans offer doctors a bouquet of new benefits. They reduce the punitive and pain-and-suffering parts of malpractice awards to a maximum of $250,000. They allow doctors and hospitals to form their own health-care plans, called provider-sponsored networks, so they can compete with existing HMOS and insurance companies. And both proposals revive some currently banned self-referrals, which means, for example, that an orthopedist with an investment in a radiology lab would once again be allowed to send his Medicare patients...
...have been worse, because there is a very shaky feeling right now in the Japanese financial community." Toshihide Iguchi, an executive with Daiwa's New York office, has been charged with falsifying records in connection with $1.1 billion in losses for the Japanese bank. If convicted, Iguchi faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and $1 million in fines. The incident is reminiscent of the collapse of Barings Bank, where another rogue trader, Nicholas Leeson, caused the collapse of Britain's oldest merchant bank. Thanks to Daiwa's size, it is in no danger of collapsing...
Despite a Congressional vote raising the maximum Pell Grant by $100, the House has since proposed to raise the minimum Pell Grant from $400 to $600. Since Congress has not allotted more money to the program, the shift would raise the threshold of need, providing larger grants to fewer students...
First-years filed approximately 1,200 applications to Freshman Seminars, vying for a maximum of 300 spaces, according to Gerard F. Denault '67, associate director of freshman seminars...