Word: settlements
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...have gotten into some deep shit. But one of our subjects, Monrad Professor of Economics Martin L. Weitzman, easily justifies our use of naughty language; in April 2005, he allegedly stole $600 worth of manure from a Rockport, Mass. farm, supposedly to use as fertilizer. His August 2005 settlement with the Gloucester district court allowed him to dodge an admission of guilt, but The Crimson reported that Charles L. “Charlie” Lane Sr., the 98-year-old farmer, purportedly caught Weitzman red-handed (brown-handed?) in the middle of his craven theft, detaining him until...
Harvard and Shleifer have since settled, and the waters have calmed on the legal front. But this case has been one of simmering controversy that occasionally bubbles over. As such, the settlement may have ended one part of Shleifer’s story, but the whole ordeal might be far from over...
...drawing a $350,000 salary for serving on the board of Ameriquest, a subprime lender that had been sued by 49 state attorneys general and had closed nine of its Massachusetts offices. Patrick defended his conduct, saying that he had been joined the board to help broker a settlement...
...paper. Then again, Plato decried the pernicious new invention of writing by writing his Phaedrus, so there is at least some precedent for this type of thing. Despite my inclinations there are some ways in which newspapers do bring harm.It is an unfortunate truth that an equitable Middle East settlement or a full portrait of broad trends like globalization cannot be reduced to 600-800 words. Thomas Friedman, recognizing the limitations of his column, wrote a full-length book on globalization to fill in the gaps of analysis left in the interstitial spaces between his previous columns. Then...
...editors: Shai Bronshtein’s controversial op-ed “A City By Any Other Name” (Sep. 11) is a blatant distortion of facts and a reprehensible attempt to confer legitimacy on Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands. The Israeli settlement enterprise has become a universal emblem of colonialism in the 21st century. This insignia of theft and robbery from the poor and the desolate should only be condemned and deplored. The argument flagrantly proffered by Mr. Bronshtein that Palestinian territories were “no man’s land” prior to the arrival...