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...with their haggling, that they should be ashamed of what they had done to investors, that they were acting "like children in a sand box." He told them to settle at once or he would start bringing cases. At the end, he said, "Any questions?" The group was silent. Knowing that he had followed up on a similar threat to Merrill Lynch, the banks caved. Spitzer announced the settlement two days later, on Dec. 20. The banks agreed to pay a total of about $1.4 billion in fines and other penalties...
Arthritis is not a silent disease. It growls and roars at its victims. It is easy to understand why they seek any help or relief they can find. The treatments are better than ever before, however, and there are many new strategies on the horizon. As America grays, more people will have arthritis, but physicians will have better and better treatments to offer. MALIN PRUPAS, M.D. Reno...
...room, jammed with well-wishers, a handful of reporters and one of those ever present C-SPAN cameras, went silent for a moment. And so did the rest of Washington, for a few days. But Lott had set off a time bomb. During the 1948 race Lott was referring to, Thurmond had broken with the Democratic Party over President Truman's expansion of civil rights for black Americans. Thurmond ran for President as the nominee of the States' Rights Party, also known as the Dixiecrats. Its platform was built almost entirely around a pledge to uphold "the segregation...
...GUYS OBVIOUSLY HAVE YOUR DIFFERENCES. IS IT TRUE THAT YOU ONCE FOUGHT FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR? Loretta: The silent treatment isn't like fighting. Linda: Yeah, it's not like we fought. We just didn't speak. Loretta: And we've got three siblings. The odds are at any time you'll be mad at one of them...
...Gangs confidently enlarges this triangle to include the sweeping vision of a New York suddenly swarming with immigrants. Displaying an urgency and elegance unmatched by any other living auteur, Scorsese finds drama in visual contrast: a door in a dark, noisy room that is kicked open to reveal a silent, snow-laden street. One amazing panorama shows men coming off a ship from Ireland, being immediately conscripted and outfitted in Northern blue, then put on a troop ship--all in a single shot that ends with a view of the troop ship's cargo: 20 coffins on the dock...