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Although Harvard (now 3-0) never trailed in the meet, it was unable to completely shake the scrappy Brandeis squad. The match was nip-and-tuck until the end, when Papailias and Kristina Perkin both captured victories to secure the Harvard...
Hussey, who has been with the Cambridge Police force for 18 years, could not be reached for comment, but he told The Cambridge Chronicle, "I'll never get a fair shake from any newspaper. I certainly can't discuss the case because it is presently being investigated. But I will say that since 1975, I've had two citizens' complaints against...
...That should change. At the same time, the SEC under Chairman John Shad has shown greater eagerness than it had under his predecessors to pursue insider cases. Says Shad: "If the public believes that a few have privileged information and take advantage of it, it is going to shake confidence in the fairness and the integrity of the securities market." Shad's crackdown on insider trading would be greatly helped by an increase in the SEC's budget, which is currently $106 million, or only a little more than Boesky's total penalty...
Graton is standing on the heavy planks that form the floor of the longest remaining covered bridge in the U.S., planks that shake a bit as cars and pickup trucks rumble past. The 120-year-old bridge, considered one of the country's historical treasures, links Cornish, N.H., with Windsor, Vt., leaping the brown, swirling waters of the Connecticut River in two giant spans joined by a pier in the center of the stream. There is bright sunshine outside, and the fall foliage is brilliant with color, but inside the bridge there is only dim light from the small windows...
...regime's hard-liners. He has tried to undercut Rafsanjani, so far without success. Khamene'i is a strong proponent of exporting the Islamic revolution and a passionate enforcer of Islamic codes. At a January meeting of nonaligned states in Harare, Zimbabwe, he refused to shake hands with female officials from that African nation because Islamic practice requires strict separation of the sexes...