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...During the 1990s boom, politicians could pretend that the problem was fixing itself. Health-care costs were being held in check. Private employers offered more and better health care to attract workers. The states were becoming more generous and creative in taking care of lower-income working people, who most often fall into the crack between private insurance and public-assistance programs...
...positive qualities of such groups. Lee, as a member of the Seneca, another female social club, also contributes an insider perspective. She points to the large rush turnout for sororities as an indication of the rising popularity of female social organizations. Even so, she doesn’t pretend to see the College bending its anti-discrimination policy in order to sanction the women-only clubs officially...
...TRADING PLACES How far did Enron go to misrepresent its business? According to the Wall Street Journal, Enron in 1998 asked 75 people, from secretaries to sales reps, to relocate to an otherwise barren trading floor and pretend to buy and sell energy contracts to impress visiting Wall Street analysts. As the analysts trooped through, the Enron employees, who had hurriedly outfitted their new work spaces with family photos and other personal items, conducted fake phone conversations and tried to appear busy. When the tour ended, former CEO Ken Lay reportedly returned to compliment the employees on their performance...
...Ministry of Finance. Says Eisuke Sakakibara, the former Vice Finance Minister known as "Mr. Yen": "There's no deep implication to this. If it helps strengthen solidarity in a local community, that's probably good. In the end I think people want real money." Sometimes, though, the pretend money will do just fine. "It's all based on trust and credibility," says Mutsumi Nagai, a Yufuin restaurant owner who accepts two yufu for a 600-yen set lunch. Of course, basing financial transactions on trust instead of the national currency involves certain risks. If villagers can individually mint hundreds...
...Monorail (493-7190; platform accessible via shuttle M-F 9-5pm, Sa 9am-4am), at the intersection of John F. Kennedy St. and Mass. Ave. The shuttle to the platform is inside the Information Booth. Bang on the window and ask for the monorail. If the workers pretend they don’t know what you’re talking about, consider them insane and dangerous. The Pakistani consulate is located at Tommy’s House of Pizza. Bike rental, 34 Hamilton St. (493-3375; M-Sa 8-8:10am, Su 8-9:30pm), is probably the most...