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After the Supreme Court gave the green light to gaming on Indian reservations, Congress set up a regulatory scheme that is contradictory, inconsistent and shielded from public scrutiny. How arbitrary is it? The National Indian Gaming Commission can levy fines but has no power to collect them. Each tribe has its own gaming commission, but that's like Enron's auditors auditing themselves. States monitor casinos in some situations but not in others. Federal prosecutors may go after one casino for a gaming violation while ignoring the same violation by a wealthy and powerful tribe...
Cooldegree.com, for example, explains in a legal disclaimer that their diplomas are “solely for self-esteem purposes.” The price scheme is tiered according to the level of the degree, with a Ph.D twice as expensive as a bachelor’s degree. And for a limited time only, bogus transcripts and student identification cards are also available at the one-stop shop. Meanwhile, Closedcollege.com will provide the customer with a “replacement” diploma if you have torn or misplaced the original...
...Justin R. Chapa ’05 and Chopra and Stannard-Friel are very similar. Both are large—11 by 17 inches, instead of Lurie and Misono’s 8.5 by 11 inches—both use a yellow and black color scheme and both bear the candidates’ names in large bold letters...
...David M. Darst ’04 and Shira S. Simon ’04 posters employ a less prominent blue-and-black color scheme...
...large part of Harvard’s failure on offense was its inability to adapt to BU’s box-and-one scheme, which was supremely effective at stopping then-junior Patrick Harvey, holding the Crimson’s leading scorer to four second-half points. The Terriers matched up man-to-man against Harvey while dropping the other four defenders into a soft zone, daring the remaining Crimson players to make a shot...