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...World Congress of Accountants is a summit where 5,000 bean counters meet to discuss the industry's searing issues, like solar vs. battery-powered calculators or the long-awaited switch to No. 3 pencils. Usually it would be the dullest four days this side of, well, a meeting with 5,001 accountants, but thanks to the bookkeeping debacles at kleptocorporations like Enron, once-ignored accountants are suddenly the mysterious bad boys of the corporate world. This year's congress was the perfect chance for the tarnished industry to pick itself up, dust itself off and blame Kenneth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Never Felt So Handsome | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

...bombings, which killed one woman. PAKISTAN Narrow Victory After some arm-twisting by military ruler Pervez Musharraf, the National Assembly chose Zafarullah Jamali as Prime Minister, the first since a 1999 military coup. Losing candidate Shah Mahmood Quereshi claimed Musharraf used threats and bribes to persuade some assemblymen to switch sides. A last-minute waiver of rules forbidding party defections allowed Jamali to scrape through on a single-vote majority. Although he has the dictator's backing, Jamali's government is expected to be hamstrung by opposition from anti-Musharraf parties. INDONESIA On the Case Police said they had captured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 11/24/2002 | See Source »

Although this game was the last for his captain and senior quarterback, Murphy did not hesitate to make the switch to Fitzpatrick...

Author: By David Mu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fitzpatrick’s Mobility Helps Crimson Adapt to High Winds | 11/23/2002 | See Source »

Rose, though, is a class act and conducted himself in such a manner. When Murphy made the switch to Fitzpatrick yesterday, everyone understood...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Seniors Walk Away With Heads Held High | 11/23/2002 | See Source »

Blackburn was not always open to changing positions. He came to Harvard expecting to play linebacker, and when the coaching staff asked him to switch to defensive end his freshman year, he resisted...

Author: By James Sigel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard’s Fullback Gets The Picture | 11/22/2002 | See Source »

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