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...present, Rabin was not cocooned within a ring of bodyguards facing in and out, nor was his back adequately shielded. No one had prevented Amir from hanging around the parking area where Rabin's car waited. Although Shin Bet knew Rabin had received death threats, they did not noticeably tighten their procedures at the giant public rally...
...spectacular allegations put Iguchi in the company of a rogues' gallery of high rollers accused of vast secret transactions that have rocked their firms in the 1990s, spurring some companies to tighten oversight of trading desks. Iguchi's closest kin in scandal is Nicholas Leeson, the Singapore-based derivatives trader who racked up $1.4 billion in hidden losses that broke Britain's Barings Bank when they came to light last February. Like Leeson, Iguchi was simultaneously in charge of making trades and recording them in his firm's back office--a combination that enabled him to conceal the true nature...
Whenever it appeared that Harvard was assuming control of the contest, however, MIT would tighten things up again...
...most positive point of the tournament came against the No. 9 team in the country, UC Santa Barbara. After falling behind 6-1 in the first quarter, the team battled back to tighten the score at 8-6. It wasn't until the fourth quarter when the experience of the nationally-ranked team showed through, as UC Santa Barbara outscored Harvard 12-5 in the final stretch...
Things sour when Cristal tries to tighten her grip on her grip on her protege. So when the aging Goddess "accidentally" breaks her leg falling down the stairs, everyone knows where the blame lies. Nomi rises to stardom, or her idea of it anyway, even snatching away Cristal's flaky boyfriend in the process...