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...this already-privatized environment, the final clubs have immense advantages. Prestige, spacious buildings, generous alumni, independence from College oversight and a sense of belonging often lacking in student groups or randomized Houses—these are the things that make final clubs immensely attractive for Harvard students of either gender...
...Internal Revenue Service estimates these deposits are costing the U.S. alone $70 billion a year in uncollected taxes. But tax havens, with their anonymity and lax oversight, aren't just for tax cheats. They're also an ideal financial way station for terrorists, who want to park money out of sight until they need it to pay for training camps or to pull off an attack...
...just over a month since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and new and drastic measures have been proposed to strengthen America’s airline security. Beyond increased oversight at airport metal detectors and reinforced cockpit doors, some industry leaders and lawmakers have, irresponsibly, proposed arming pilots as a deterrent against terrorism. Testifying before a congressional subcommittee, Duane Woerth, the president of the Air Line Pilots Association, America’s largest pilot union, advocated a plan to do just that—to equip pilots with firearms...
...Overseers adjourned early so that the five new members of the board could attend an orientation in the afternoon. Meanwhile, fellows of the Harvard Corporation, the more powerful board with greater oversight, met on Sunday and again yesterday...
...series of government oversight reports have served as a stinging indictment of the sorry performance here at home. Passenger screeners routinely miss about 20% of the weapons and explosives that FAA agents try to slip by them, according to the General Accounting Office (GAO). FAA agents have also found that it is easy to pose as an airport or airline employee or even as a law-enforcement agent...