Word: secrets
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This continuing debate aside, for the mostpart, Harvard seems to have batted 1000 inside theBeltway. But the secret of this success lies inthe nature of the higher education lobby: Harvardcan't win in Washington without nationwidesupport...
...market leader has been Charles Schwab, which commands nearly a third of the online trade business--or 1.5 million accounts--despite a $29.95 commission, which is three times higher than the deep discounters charge (see chart). Schwab's secret has been to knock down the wall between its online business and its 5 million regular account holders, giving everyone access to the entire range of products and services available at the firm. These include round-the-clock, dial-up brokers and technical support, and a financial supermarket that offers 1,500 different mutual funds...
Mitchell, who has acted on Broadway (The Secret Garden) and in TV sitcoms (Party Girl), had wanted to do a rock musical ever since being "annoyed" by Broadway's Tommy. "Rock on stage is always submerged, diluted," he says. "I wanted to do something that was truly rock 'n' roll and truly theater." He teamed up with Trask, the leader of a band called Cheater, and the two developed the show in a series of downtown club gigs. Mitchell even passed up a role in Rent (as the drag queen Angel) to keep at it. After searching in vain...
...jailed last week. But when the judges arrived at his country estate, where he was recovering from abdominal surgery, they left him free on more than $800,000 bail and forbade him to travel to various tax havens such as Switzerland and Monaco, where it is suspected he keeps secret bank accounts. Dumas adamantly denies all allegations--and even claims to have repaid the cost of the boots. In an interview last March, he declared he had "never received a cent" from the Taiwan contract and never wavered in his opposition to the sale...
...after spending four consecutive nights on the town, these two hungover Student Life columnists found every formal remains a different scene, with each House claiming they've got the best party around. Before we begin, we'll let you in on one secret--no House came out clearly...