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Last week's 37-page indictment portrayed a giant Japanese bank that was proudly confident of its ability to deceive U.S. authorities. This arrogance shone through a series of letters that Iguchi wrote to his superiors in July after confessing his wrongdoing. In one such letter on July 24, Iguchi said there was "zero possibility" that Federal Reserve inspectors would find him out if the bank were to buy back some of the Treasury securities that he had illicitly sold to conceal his losses. The same hubris permeated skull sessions that allegedly took place when Iguchi met with a Daiwa...
Saturday, the sun shone, and the Crimson ran past its arch-rival...
...Crimson's opponent has always shone brighter. Or more consistently. Or simply done enough to get a win on the board...
...Harvard. Everyone here assumes that you were brilliant in high school, that you racked up the honors, that you shone. (Or that a) you play hockey like a pro or b) Daddy, Uncle Biff, Granddaddy and Great-Granddaddy went here.) Everyone assumes that somehow you were great in high school. Everyone. Your dormmates, your teaching fellows, your career counselors...
...White House began to take on its historic designs; the place shone with new paint and gardens. She was ecstatic to find the original woodcuts for wallpaper ordered in the early days. New panels were printed. She relished the great view down toward the Mall from the Truman balcony. "This is what it is all about," she told a visitor, sweeping her arm from the Washington Monument to the Jefferson Memorial. "This is what these men fight so hard...