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...know you've really been Ponzi-ed when your investment guru has his own Caribbean island, a $10 million moated castle in Miami, a $100 million fleet of private jets and three or four "outside wives" along with his real one - and calls himself "Sir" despite never having been officially knighted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Spot a Ponzi Con Artist? Follow the Yachts | 3/6/2009 | See Source »

...irresponsible thing anybody could say," said Orman. "Mr. Summers, I am so sorry. I understand we have to spur the economy of the U.S., but don't do it off the people who don't have jobs, who don't have a pot to pee in." She went on: "Sir, there are tent cities. Go and look at who is standing in line to get soup. There are white collar workers in those lines now." (See pictures of the demise of Bernard Madoff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Suze Orman: Queen of the Crisis | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...said, 'Sir, I really don't have time. I'm sorry,'" Orman recounted. She sounded a little wistful. "I was telling somebody that, and they said, 'Suze, you don't say no to lunch with Robert Rubin!'" she continued. "I said, 'I'm sorry, but I don't have time. That isn't the direction I'm going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Suze Orman: Queen of the Crisis | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...personal—a reflection not only of my public life, but of things that profoundly matter to me as an individual,” Kennedy said in a statement released by his office. Despite receiving the knighthood, Kennedy will not be granted the title of “Sir,” as he is not a British citizen. Kennedy will also likely receive his award from the British ambassador to the United States, rather than Queen Elizabeth II, who knights only British subjects. A date for the ceremony has not yet been set, Pickerill said. Brown...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senator Ted Kennedy welcomed as a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...clear that none of the major recommendations listed in the report will be implemented anytime soon. But in the meantime, students will reap the benefits from the administration’s small gestures to keep the arts moving forward.Faust recounts that after reading the Task Force report, Sir Ronald Cohen—a member of the Board of Overseers, the University’s second highest governing body—will bring a production of one of T.S. Eliot’s works to campus before heading for New York.“The arts are often the first thing...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Taking Artistic Liquidities | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

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