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Guarding the gates to hog heaven is the formidable, if mysterious. Harvard Square Defense Fund. It's mysterious in that it is what one neighborhood business owner has called a "phantom organization." A local land court has ruled that the Defense Fund has no standing on which to file official zoning board appeals...
...weeks ago, MICHAEL HAYDEN, star of Broadway's current CAROUSEL revival, fell ill with a strained voice. Alas, his understudy had a bronchial infection. Rather than cancel the show indefinitely, producers turned to MARCUS LOVETT, who was winding up a stint as the lead in the long-running The Phantom of the Opera. Lovett had to learn Carousel in a mere two days -- and went on to critical huzzahs. Amazingly, this wasn't the first time Broadway life has imitated corny backstage melodrama...
Jett generated "phantom profits" by deceptively trading the "strips" of government bonds, serving to boost his performance-based salary to $9 million last year. In his acceptance speech for Kidder's "chairman's award," Jett preached a belligerent philosophy: "This is war. You do anything to win. You make money at all costs...
...million in "phantom profits" were tallied in the last year as a result of the scam, the firm said...
Kidder said the scam involved "a large number of phantom trades" entered over more than a year...