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...seen." Steinberg warns, "Here in California, one of these days we can have another earthquake, and the question is, Do you want people to help or do you want people to be thinking about whether they're going to get sued?" Van Horn's attorney, Robert B. Hutchinson, did not return several calls for comment. Steinberg has requested that the supreme court hear the case again. It will decide whether to do so by March. (Read about lawsuit abuse...
...understanding, and could therefore become a place for anonymous fundraising. (Foundation spokesman Matt McKenna says the Global Initiative is, in fact, in the process of being incorporated separately from the charitable foundation.) Hillary Clinton pointed out that all sponsors of the initiative are publicly disclosed. When asked by Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey whether she had committed to continuing to disclose such sponsors in the future, Clinton said, "That's correct." McKenna confirmed the initiative's intention to continue disclosing donors once it spins off the foundation. (See pictures of Bill Clinton campaigning with Hillary...
Groomed for Success Most U.S. Treasury Secretaries come to the job after long careers on Wall Street (Paulson, Robert Rubin), in industry (John Snow, Paul O'Neill) or in politics (Lloyd Bentsen). Geithner, born 14 days after Obama, will, by contrast, be one of the youngest Treasury Secretaries ever, and he will land in the office at one of the most critical junctures in U.S. economic history. But his elevation to the top job at Treasury has long been expected. Geithner has been doing older people's jobs for years. I first met him 18 years ago, when we were...
Remember the surfing scene from Apocalypse Now? Robert Duvall storming a heavily fortified beach while blasting "Ride of the Valkyries" so his men could catch a wave? Francis Ford Coppola was arguing that war is crazy. The given was that surfing is crazy. And Coppola was right. Surfers will go anywhere for a decent wave...
...There is a convention that the principal heir should be kept away from real danger. As the 'spare' rather than the heir, Harry is expected by the royal family to take the ultimate military risks." - Robert Lacey, royal biographer, Washington Post...