Lennox Lewis heard talk in 2000 that Michael Grant was boxing’s next great heavyweight. By Thomas Hauser
THE mid-20th century gave birth to a new breed of athlete; men who were big, well-coordinated, and faster than men their size had been before. By the start of the new millennium, athletes had further honed their natural gifts and were even bigger than their predecessors. Two heavyweights personified this trend: Lennox Lewis and Michael Grant. When they met in the ring at Madison Square Garden on April 29, 2000, Lewis was the reigning heavyweight champion. But Grant was seen in some circles as the heir apparent to the throne.
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by Don Turner 2021 marks 25-years since then-Treasurer Jim Douglas recommended that the state change its trajectory from costly defined benefit retirement plans for state employees and teachers to defined contribution plans. Eleven years ago, in 2009, a special commission suggested a consideration of this same idea. I have previously written about our pressing need to consider a defined contribution option, as well as the sleeping giant of our unfunded liabilities.
Unfortunately, since the time I wrote my opeds in 2019, Vermont s unfunded liabilities have ballooned from $4.5 billion to more than $5 billion.
That increase has occurred despite repeated assurances from current Treasurer Beth Pearce that all was well the Legislature simply needed to make its yearly obligated payments to the pension system, and all would work out fine. According to her, there was no need for structural pension reform.
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The Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, testified remotely before a congressional subcommittee in July. Photograph: Graeme Jennings/AFP/Getty Images
The Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, testified remotely before a congressional subcommittee in July. Photograph: Graeme Jennings/AFP/Getty Images
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This week the government filed a ground-breaking antitrust suit against Facebook, seeking to break up the corporation for monopolistic practices. The suit comes on the heels of a similar case against Google, as well as an aggressive Democrat-authored congressional report recommending taking apart not just Google and Facebook, but Apple and