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...What you’ve done is put a whole group of women out in Siberia,” former President of the Harvard Board of Overseers Charlotte H. Armstrong ’49 said in an interview last May. “They say ‘I never hear from Harvard.’ They don’t feel part of Harvard, yet the Radcliffe that they knew is gone...
...group and the dealmakers were constantly in conflict," says a former finance executive. In the past couple of years, the risk-evaluation structures that had been put in place were compromised, the former executive asserts. Challenging Fastow's deals got Buy, who reported to Fastow, a ticket to corporate Siberia. Similarly, Fastow had the power to overwhelm potential whistle-blowers like Jordan Mintz, a former Enron attorney who told congressional panelists that he raised warnings about Fastow's potential conflicts of interest...
This was his first act of patriotism: refusing to defect. His reward: he was stripped of his team captaincy and given desk duty. He was threatened with exile to Siberia. He was beaten by government thugs. Using the Soviet court to sue the government, it turned out, wasn't very effective...
...group and the dealmakers were constantly in conflict," says a former finance executive. In the past couple of years, the risk-evaluation structures that had been put in place were compromised, the former executive asserts. Challenging Fastow's deals got Buy, who reported to Fastow, a ticket to corporate Siberia. Similarly, Fastow had the power to overwhelm potential whistle-blowers like Jordan Mintz, a former Enron attorney who told congressional panelists that he raised warnings about Fastow's potential conflicts of interest...
Walking into a lecture hall late, you earn a professor’s scowl, or at least a seat in Siberia. But sometimes good things come to those who are late...