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Switzerland's tradition of financial discretion goes back at least to the 17th century. In the wake of World War I, as many European currencies became unstable, the consistent (not to mention neutral) Swiss franc attracted depositors. After France, incensed by the loss of revenue, raided a Swiss bank's office in Paris and revealed the names on its accounts, the Swiss passed a law in 1934 making such disclosures criminal. Years later, Swiss banks both sheltered the assets of German Jews and accepted looted Nazi gold (and later set up a $1.25 billion compensation fund for Holocaust victims). Corrupt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History Of: Swiss Banks | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

Amid mounting frustration, the District in 2000 revived a Revolutionary rallying cry, emblazoning the phrase "taxation without representation" on license plates at the suggestion of a fed-up D.C. radio talk-show listener. (They're now the default license option, though neutral plates are issued on request.) Bill Clinton swiftly added the plates to his presidential limousine, though one of George W. Bush's first official acts was to remove them. The protest plates have not returned to President Barack Obama's ride, and some locals are growing impatient. "[It's] just something that the President hasn't gotten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington, D.C. | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

Yale is so close to instituting gender neutral housing. Harvard...not so much...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett | Title: Lions & Tigers & Gender-Neutral-Housing, oh my! | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

about the Gender-Neutral Housing Policy

Author: By Lois E. Beckett | Title: Lions & Tigers & Gender-Neutral-Housing, oh my! | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

Resident Life Assistant Dean Josh McIntosh will be at the Women's Center from 6 - 7:30 tonight to explain who qualifies for general neutral housing at Harvard...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett | Title: Lions & Tigers & Gender-Neutral-Housing, oh my! | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

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