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Professors caught in this vicious trap cannot simply quit. Feelings of inadequacy undermine plans to switch careers; faculty in this position are especially prone to alcohol and drug abuse, verbal abuse, sexual promiscuity, even suicide...
Keating is also being sued by Lincoln customers, who claim they came into the bank to make insured deposits but in a classic bait-and-switch were steered into buying uninsured securities issued by ACC to keep the institution afloat. In hearings held by the House Banking Committee, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur of Ohio read a letter from a 65-year-old man who was persuaded by a Lincoln saleswoman that the ACC bonds were just as safe as insured certificates of deposit, paid a point more in interest, and ran only ten months. "If ACC goes under in ten months...
...course, it is easy to be conciliatory when you already have the upper hand, and the Alumni Association's sudden switch may be more rooted in their newfound confidence that they have gained the advantage than in any real goodwill...
Rather than cutting down on drinking overall, some officials say, banning kegs encourages students to switch to hard liquor. And stringent restrictions often encourage students to do their drinking alone or in small groups, they...
Just substitute "provinces" for "houses" and "Paris" for "University Hall" in the first statement, then switch "Harvard" and "Deans" to "France" and "Bourbon kings" in the second...