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...better world would permit a full set of Freshman Seminars and a set of Senior Seminars. The Crimson Key tour may mislead wide-eyed pre-frosh, but Harvard is a research institution, and by coming here we have committed ourselves to a much lesser degree of contact with faculty than our friends at Amherst and Williams...
James Watt, Ronald Reagan's Secretary of the Interior, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for having attempted to mislead the federal grand jury probing an influence-peddling scandal in Reagan's Housing Department. Watt had originally faced a 25-count felony indictment for his role as a housing consultant. Some observers cited the outcome as evidence that the original charges may have been unduly inflated...
...disclosed in Chaumet's publicly filed financial statements, which means anyone who read them would get a distorted impression of the company's performance. Investcorp insists its own clients were informed, but declines to provide documentation. "We give our clients what they need," says Kirdar. "We do not mislead them...
...judge, "establishes once more that there are virtually no limits to greed, or the ingenuity of men in devising schemes to cheat." First Commercial is still having run-ins with regulators. Last May the Commodity Futures Trading Commission accused it of engaging in a check-kiting scheme to mislead regulators about its financial condition. The firm is fighting the charges...
...other powerful groups, including the media with their recently acquired electronic capabilities, had existed at the time of our forefathers, I am sure there would have been many sections added to the Constitution, particularly in the area of freedom of speech. There are a lot of ways to mislead the innocent public. If the Founding Fathers could see how a few macho types have tried to take advantage of their humble service to mankind, I wonder if they would be angry with themselves for leaving some loopholes in the Constitution. GERTRUDE PERERA New York City...