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...major international match-fixing scandal exposed in 2000 had lifted the lid on the seamy underside of a game on which betting syndicates linked to organized crime in South Asia made millions of dollars. And in the wake of Woolmer's death, a number of former players alleged that the 2000 inquiry had merely scratched the surface, and left the game still in the clutches of the betting mafias. Former South Africa captain and Woolmer associate Clive Rice said Woolmer had previously shared with him extensive information about players and officials involved in match-fixing. Rice had "absolutely no doubt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cricket Murder Reveals Game's Ills | 3/27/2007 | See Source »

...through Faust’s work the way that populist Thomas Watson meanders through the works of C. Vann Woodward, is problematic both in his ideas and in his personal life. He became rich through marriage, sired children with his slaves, and almost destroyed his political career with a scandal involving his nieces...

Author: By Edward L. Glaeser | Title: A Scholar President | 3/23/2007 | See Source »

...done an excellent job. Failing to identify the excellence at this fine institution will no doubt have a negative impact on morale, and that, in the long run, hurts those who come in harm's way. We could do better for our wounded, but there is no scandal here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Apr. 2, 2007 | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...Donald Felsinger, CEO of Sempra energy, based in San Diego, took charge of a volatile company tainted by the California energy scandal, which threatened to bankrupt the $15.5 billion firm. Felsinger settled lawsuits, shed holdings in coal and expanded its natural-gas business globally. Now, he tells TIME, the volatility has moved south...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Rules for Natgas | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...intellectually curious, athletic charmer who became a uxoricidal, paranoid turkey-leg chomper, pursuing a male heir through six wives. It's a wonder it took the entertainment industry so long to fully exploit him--and the other Tudors too--since the period was one of the most scandal plagued in British history. The Diana-Charles divorce had nothing on the split from Rome. "It was a sexy time. It was a dangerous time. You can't exaggerate the violence and the beauty," says Michael Hirst, screenwriter of The Tudors and The Golden Age. "This is the moment when Henry--because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Royals Become Rock Stars | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

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