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...process was fair and whether the criteria were intelligently chosen will go on for years and will eventually become an important part of the history of American capitalism and the banking system. In the meantime, the public has loved watching the tension of big companies pitted against big government. Rich and famous bankers have been ridiculed in public. Some have lost their jobs. Hank Paulson, a well-built former Dartmouth football player and former head of Goldman Sachs and mild-mannered Ben Bernanke have been accused of manipulating a major decision by a public company, Bank of America...
...Harvard student?Max: It’s not like being a Harvard student at all. D.A.: You’re not in college Max: You’re not in class, don’t go to dining hall. D.A.: You do hang out with a lot of rich people. Max: A lot of arrogant rich pricks. Who are actually stupider than they think they are. A lot of people who only care about money too. 14. FM: You produced much of “Love the Future” while at Harvard. How large of a role did Star...
...oldie, but a goodie. Beautiful fountains, rich history, endless fields, and a lively atmosphere make this much more than just your average public park. And it’s absolutely free! Go there—and bring your Life Sci notes if you have to. Bound by Tremont, Beacon, Charles, Park and Boylston Streets, MBTA: Park Street Station...
...None of his 26 co-defendants echoed Fofana's tirades; most have minimized their participation in the kidnapping and torture by telling police investigators that they reluctantly participated for fear of defying the intimidating Fofana. Some also admitted to investigators that Fofana's depictions of Jews as rich exploiters had jibed with the anti-Semitic comments often heard in the racially diverse, economically depressed housing project from which they hailed. Despite the rich-Jew stereotype embraced by many of the accused, the same impoverished milieu from which they came is also home to several large Jewish communities, often founded...
...Ilan Halimi was targeted because he was a Jew and because his tormentors believed he had to be rich and deserved what was coming to him," says Richard Prasquier, president of the Representative Council of France's Jewish Institutions. "This gang attempted kidnapping two people before Ilan Halimi - both Jews. They were not dissuaded upon realizing Ilan worked in a mobile-phone store, didn't earn much and came from a modest family that couldn't be rich. To them, he was a Jew, so he was victimized...