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...unless the federal government can formulate a system that is able to account for and overcome the problem of objectivity--and until the time that the demand for such courts becomes a real concern--Microsoft and other technology companies will have to learn how to plead their case within the confines of the current system. And if Microsoft couldn't win the case playing with the same rules as everybody else, perhaps they deserved to lose...
SCOTT PIERCE Born: 1930 As president of E.F. Hutton & Co., he had to plead guilty to check kiting on behalf of the company, which was fined $2 million in 1985. He also rounded up investors for W.'s oil concern...
...chosen for the elimination rounds, and just 30 will make it to the final show. But the deluge of applicants continues. "People have definitely become very, very aspirational," says Pradeep Guha, president of the Times group, who decides on the shortlist. "I have had parents come in and cry, plead, threaten and even exert political pressure to push their child...
...Stephen V. David and William A. Blankenship, former members of the Class of 1996, plead guilty on charges of possession of hallucinogens, marijuana and ketamine. The two former Currier House residents received suspended sentences and were placed on probation for two years...
Most members of Congress believe in what they are doing. Senator Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican, speaks for many of his colleagues when he says, "I hope this bill does make bankruptcy more embarrassing--and more difficult. In fact, I plead guilty that that is a motive behind our legislation...