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...issue was a ruse whereby Leeson reconciled his year-end accounts in 1994. Both the London and Singapore reports agree that Leeson fabricated a $79 million credit from Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, a New York City-based securities trader, to offset his losses. When Barings' external auditors questioned the entry, Leeson forged faxes from Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, Citibank and one of his superiors in London to show that the money had indeed been paid to Barings. The auditors accepted Leeson's explanation although they failed to notice the words "from Nick and Lisa" printed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BARINGS COLLAPSE: SPREADING THE BLAME | 10/30/1995 | See Source »

...first is the rise of the Progressive Undergraduate Council Coalition (PUCC), a political organization spear headed by leaders of the College's liberal student community. PUCC is hoping to enhance the council's diversity and use the council as means of advancing a political agenda...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: 132 Declare Candidacy For Council | 9/28/1995 | See Source »

Count on it to keep coming back. The violent and raunchy streak in civilization runs deep and long into the past. More teenage boys might be attracted to the classics if they knew about Homer's graphic descriptions of spear points ripping through flesh in The Iliad or the quarts of stage blood needed for any production of Titus Andronicus. As for sex, the lewd posturings in some paintings of Hieronymous Bosch would be rated NC-17 if they showed up at the multiplex...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOB DOLE'S VIOLENT REACTION | 6/12/1995 | See Source »

When Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 retires June 30, he will end a career in which he advised hundreds of undergrads, oversaw the admission of thousands and spear-headed the renovation of the College dorms...

Author: By Marios V. Broustas, | Title: Jewett Leaves Deanship in Wake of Randomization Decision | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

Whether or not vertically-challenged females should don stiletto heels in order to ensnare potential mates, heels with the potential to spear cocktail olives do have the potential to make the person wearing them feel attractive. Are the piercing podiatric pulsations are worth it? You've endured the anguish of orthodontic appliances for your beautiful smile. Think of stiletto heels as braces for your feet...

Author: By Sharon C. Yang, | Title: De Agony of De Feet | 4/6/1995 | See Source »

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