Word: probed
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...work to counter that impression. He had dinner with the panel's vice chairman, former Democratic Senator George Mitchell; met with 9/11 victims' families that were at his West Wing announcement; and, sources tell TIME, plans to appoint a liaison to keep in daily contact with families during the probe. Others are worried that Kissinger will be swayed by his many business interests. The international consultant is said to be outraged by the insinuation, but he will not disclose his thick client portfolio. "At his age and stage of life," says a Bush confidant, "he's obviously above politics." That...
...height of the telecom bubble, he saw himself less as a stock analyst than as a power broker, socializing with CEOs, including WorldCom's Bernie Ebbers, and offering them advice. But the newly obtained e-mails, brought to light in New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer's probe of conflicts of interest on Wall Street, are being taken seriously by those investigating Grubman. The e-mails fit squarely into a familiar pattern of greed and influence peddling, and now the picture is far more vivid...
...once said, is free. The cure for risk-aversion may require slowing down, but more importantly, it requires a joint effort on the parts of professors and students alike to change the culture of how we learn, leaving more room to take risks without being penalized for them, to probe and engage deeply with questions we are exposed to, to see radiance in the daily habits of learning. Risk-aversion may breed apathy, but surely a risk-taking education inspires nothing more or less than moments of epiphany...
...once said, is free. The cure for risk-aversion may require slowing down, but more importantly, it requires a joint effort on the parts of professors and students alike to change the culture of how we learn, leaving more room to take risks without being penalized for them, to probe and engage deeply with questions we are exposed to, to see radiance in the daily habits of learning. Risk-aversion may breed apathy, but surely a risk-taking education inspires nothing more or less than moments of epiphany...
...emerging Saudi funds probe is a complex case, involving top Saudi diplomats in Washington, Saudi ?migr?s formerly based in San Diego, and two men who later helped hijack U.S. airliners on September 11, 2001. It is a case being watched with intense interest by some of the most senior officials in the Bush administration, who rely on the Saudis for everything from intelligence and military logistical help to a reliable source of petroleum. At the heart of the case are questions about whether members of the Saudi Royal Family have been too lax in their giving to charities and other...