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...would be Rubin’s job for the asking—if Rubin wants it,” Henderson says. But the former Goldman Sachs chief does not have a Ph.D. in economics, and “he may not want to roll up his sleeves and muck around in the data for 14 years”—the length of each of the appointed Fed board member’s terms. In that event, a Democratic president might try to curry Rubin’s favor by appointing Summers, Rubin’s prot?...
...paradigm of parental perfection. Tim Russert, host of NBC’s Meet the Press, will be addressing our fair seniors from the stage of Tercentenary Theatre—and we can guarantee that it will be squeaky clean. In an attempt to avoid an Ali G style muck-up, the Alumni Association, Deans of the College, along with other members of the administration, have expressed their displeasure with last year’s lewd Class Day and “requested” that the Senior Class Committee avoid comedians in this year’s ceremony...
Efrain Gmez Primo, 34, had every reason to be grateful for miracles. Helplessly wedged between wooden slats in mud and water that reached up to his neck, Gmez had been lost and rediscovered three times in the wake of the avalanche. His hair and mustache matted with muck, Gmez talked as four farm workers from a neighboring town cut away the restraining slats and removed a bamboo pole that the survivor was clutching with all his strength. Next to him was the body of his landlady, who had died, Gmez said, "about an hour...
Friday, April 8. Rubikon, Mass Hysteria, Muck and the Mires, Aberdeen City. 18+. 8:30 p.m. The Middle East, 472 Mass. Ave, Cambridge. $9. Tickets available at the Middle East Box Office or through Ticketmaster...
Buffett's being drawn into the insurance muck throws a spotlight on the industry and has rekindled the debate over whether insurance companies need federal oversight. Regulation of the industry rests mainly with the states, which are short on resources--a condition that may have allowed abuses to incubate. Insurer Marsh & McLennan, formerly run by Greenberg's son Jeffrey, agreed to pay $850 million to settle civil fraud charges earlier this year. Others being probed include Chubb, Swiss Reinsurance...