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...week of the year - and one in which the Justice Department announced that it would be conducting a criminal investigation into the Enron implosion. It was the week in which the daily swirl of revelations - from whistleblowings and shreddings to political connections and ominous-sounding congressional investigations - really got underway. It was also the week in which Wall Street finally started to acknowledge how unreliable corporate accounting, not to mention corporate analysis, had become. Suddenly everybody had stopped talking about the recovery - and began scouring the ticker for the next Enron-in-waiting, so they could sound the alarms...
...maybe more. Because as 2002 gets underway, stocks are sluggish. Manufacturing is contracting. And whereas just last Friday a spate of economic reports - consumer confidence, housing, manufacturing - had investors writing in the recovery in pen, the first trading day of the new year is featuring the beginnings of a pretty stern reality check...
Though Atkinson’s opposition to the SAT enjoys the support of a nationwide movement that was already underway, the standardized exam remains a valuable tool in helping colleges to make decisions about their admissions, college officials...
...seeing a supposedly uncontrived soap opera). But nonetheless, the inherent charm of watching a group of twenty-somethings whine and complain about their meaningless relationships and the arduous task of “finding themselves” without any form of acting is completely undeniable. With the tenth season underway and another just now casting, it’s obvious, yet surprising, that such a simplistically voyeuristic idea has lasted for so long...
After the team left the stadium, kids tossed footballs with their parents down on the field and gulls swooped to pick up French fries and popcorn in the stands. Out in the Harvard parking lots, celebrations got underway almost immediately...