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...case that has won Spitzer the most praise is his highly public pursuit of Wall Street analysts. He focused initially on Merrill Lynch, producing internal e-mails that, he said, showed that the investment banks' analysts were routinely touting stocks of companies they knew were slagging. Merrill Lynch eventually agreed to pay $100 million, a settlement that some analysts criticized as too small but that opens the door wide for individual investors to file their own lawsuits...
...book, Bowen and Shulman question whether the pursuit of high-profile athletic programs has diverted many colleges from their academic missions...
Malcolm will certainly be missed next season, but Klein appears ready to take over as a team leader. Sophomore Steven Mungovan and junior Joe Jackson—each of whom had individual success in the fall—could also join Klein, Wu and Amis’ pursuit of continued improvement...
Second, I have learned a great deal about teamwork, leadership and—indirectly—human solidarity. In the classroom, I have always thought in terms of the individual, of myself. Conversely, within sport, the focus is almost entirely on the team. Bonded together in the pursuit of a single goal—no matter how insignificant—a fluidly functioning team is perhaps the ideal of human solidarity...
...light of the ongoing security crisis, the Megiddo bombing was not unexpected. Israel has been on high alert for weeks, its security forces acutely aware of the continuing threat of terror strikes. An acceleration of diplomatic activity in pursuit of peace - as has been seen over the past week, with U.S. envoys in the region and President Bush's plans to meet the leaders of Egypt and Israel in the coming days - typically serves as a cue for radical elements to launch new outrages in the hope of sabotaging any progress towards a truce. But the sophistication of the attack...