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There are still a few loose ends from the wave of prosecutions kicked off after the 2000 stock-market slump and the Enron meltdown. And some aren't as easy to wrap up as Quattrone's. Several British bankers, known in England as the NatWest Three, were hauled to Texas in July, after loud protests back home and a drawn-out extradition process. They face charges that they worked with ex-Enron CFO Andrew Fastow to siphon millions of dollars from a deal between their former employer, National Westminster Bank, and Enron. And in August, most of the convictions...
...ambivalence in Europe, the U.S. and Asia about Russia's entire energy policy at a time of growing concern over the security of future energy supplies. Russia lost much of its global clout with the dissolution of the Soviet Union 15 years ago, but after successfully reversing a production slump in the early 1990s, it has re-emerged as an energy superpower. Last year it was the world's second largest oil producer after Saudi Arabia. In gas, it is the undisputed world leader, with proven reserves almost double those of second-place Iran. For the rest of the world...
...projector screens like a scientist peering at bugs through a microscope, he mocked superpower military swagger, singing "Come on, come on, Holy Roman Empire/ C'mon, if you think you can take us all." The ensuing laughter was more nervous than knowing. There was also a bit of a slump at the end of the elegiac "How to Disappear Completely," when the audience stood in near silence for a couple of minutes before realizing that the set was over. Eventually, though, the crowd came around to what had just happened and brought the band back for two rousing encores, including...
...team fight back like that,” captain Morgan Brown said. “Steffan had a big hit.” For Wilson, who has been inconsistent at the plate of late and struck out in his two previous at-bats, it may have been the slump-buster he was looking for. “Absolutely mashed,” Brown said of Wilson’s home run. “That ball was stroked. That’s the sort of thing you need. You hit a ball solidly in a big situation [and that] gives...
...errors to the Big Green’s two. Harvard scored all eight of its runs in the fifth through eighth innings, but was never able to truly threaten against the beleaguered Faiola, leaving nine runners on base.Sophomore centerfielder Matt Vance was able to break out of a brief slump by going 2-3 with a triple and two runs scored, in addition to notching a league-leading 24th stolen base. Classmate and second baseman Taylor Meehan had a career effort at the plate, going 4-5, while third baseman Steffan Wilson drove in three, upping his team-leading...