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...recent articles in The Crimson define this spectrum. With all of the idealism of a social studies concentrator, Jonathan T. Jacoby '99 challenged his fellow seniors to choose career paths we could justify to Third World peasants ("Anti-social Behavior" Opinion, Nov. 4). Then Kaustuv Sen '99, with the pragmatic individualism of an economics concentrator, argued that I-bankers and consultants may be the actors in society in the best position to do good ("In Defense of Business Careers" Opinion...
...however, find these letters particularly amusing in light of a large picture in the very same edition of The Crimson, a shot of Bill and Melinda Gates at a press conference announcing the creation of a $100-million fund to provide vaccinations for children in third-world nations...
DIED. STU UNGAR, 45, professional poker player; of as yet undetermined causes; in Las Vegas. Ungar, a legend on the gambling circuit, won poker's World Series for the third time...
Building modest homes made Levitt rich. In 1968, after his company had built more than 140,000 houses around the world, Levitt & Sons was sold to ITT Corp. for $92 million in stock, most of which went to him. That fortune bought, among other things, a 237-ft. yacht, La Belle Simone, named for his third wife, and a 30-room mansion in Mill Neck, N.Y. But the deal barred him from the domestic construction business for 10 years. Within four years, the ITT stock, which he had been using as collateral to build subdivisions in places like Iran, Venezuela...
...Eufaula, Okla., and dressed as a child in just two pairs of jeans (the "good pair" had patches), Watts is the first African American to become a Republican leader in the House. The third-term Congressman, now clad in closely tailored suits and ostrich-skin boots, was elected chairman of the Republican Conference and in that role will help carry the Republican message to the world. The Oklahoman introduces diversity to a slate that has white men from Texas and Louisiana in the top three spots. And Republicans also hope that the football star turned Baptist minister who speaks about...