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...corruption investigation into kickbacks to political parties in return for public-works contracts has uncovered what now seems to be the largest public-corruption scandal in modern European history. Operation Clean Hands, run by five judicial prosecutors from a warren of fusty offices in Milan, has swept through Italy's corridors of power like a sirocco. Once confined to Milan, Clean Hands has now reached 21 cities. More than 800 people have been arrested and an additional 1,000 are thought to be under investigation...
Since the 12 Community nations agreed in 1986 to form a more perfect union, governments have swept away thousands of protectionist laws and regulations. Anticipating cross-border competition, industries initiated a frenzy of mergers and reorganizations, investing billions of dollars and creating an estimated 1.5 million new jobs. Fearful of being left out, U.S. and Japanese companies scrambled to set up European subsidiaries before the deadline. The prize: an integrated market of 360 million consumers in an area with a combined gross national product of $6.5 trillion -- the world's largest single trading bloc...
...yesterday's contests, the top nine Harvard women swept their Yale counterparts, each player winning by a clean 3-0 game score...
...swept the remaining games and Harvard fell a point short again...
...side, the Crimson came close but could not pull out a single victory, as Harvard was swept by three different teams in an intercollegiate tournament at Kentucky University...