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...staggering sum, even if the bills were counterfeit. Nor should the astonishing recent advances in technique be discounted. "Cheating is a lot more sophisticated now than in the old days," marvels one grizzled sleazeball. "Back then a suitcase full of cash and a job for somebody's idiot nephew could get your city the Olympics. Nowadays, thanks to Enron and the 2000 Florida voting and whatnot, everybody's on the case all the time. You're smart, or you're toast. For instance, everybody knows that a certain nation entered in these games has a cross-country skier-tripping coach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Faster, Higher, Sleazier | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...time Madanian had hoped to keep Billings & Stover in the family for another generation. In fact, last summer her 12-year-old nephew put in time at the store as an apprentice...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: After 140 Years, Sad Farewells | 2/15/2002 | See Source »

After Feinberg speaks, he stands back and braces himself for an artillery of angry rhetorical questions. Gerry Sweeney, whose brother died in Tower 2, Floor 105, points at Feinberg and explains why $250,000 is not enough for pain and suffering in the case of her now fatherless nephew. "Have you ever seen a 12-year-old have a nervous breakdown?" she asks. Another woman concocts an analogy to illustrate for Feinberg what it was like to talk to loved ones as they came to accept their imminent, violent deaths and to watch the towers collapse on live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Is A Life Worth? | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

Margaret's nephew Prince Charles, who, after hearing the news, traveled to the royal Sandringham estate in Norfolk to stay with the now frail Queen Mother, paid tribute to his "darling aunt." Said he: "She had such a wonderfully free spirit. She loved life and lived it to the full." She had incredible musical talents and a very sharp mind, he noted, and she would be hugely missed by his family. For all her faults, Princess Margaret will also be missed by many Britons. If nothing else, the passionate, unpredictable princess brought life and color to a royal family once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Passionate Princess | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

Indeed, Rev. Gomes’ on-line biography indicates that it would be impossible for Randy Gomes to be the nephew of the professor...

Author: By Stephanie M. Skier, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Records Allege ‘Lavish Lifestyle’ By Pomey, Gomes | 2/7/2002 | See Source »

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