Nor does there seem to be any top executive of the bank who was brought into the discussions about Madoff besides John Hogan, the Chief of the Risk Control Department.

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Besides Quinn and Weiner, they include City Comptroller John Liu, former city comptroller Bill Thompson and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

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Besides Sting and Lauper, stars such as Sheryl Crow, John Mellencamp, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Edie Brickell, David Byrne, Fatboy Slim, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello and The Flaming Lips are making musicals.

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Besides the letters (to a range of correspondents stretching from John Lennon and John Updike to Rajiv Gandhi and the socks department at Brooks Brothers), there are memorandums (many to the four Presidents he served, Lyndon Johnson and Gerald Ford being the others), notes to himself summarizing conversations he considered important, and entries from his private journal, which include some delightful travel writing.

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Besides being the No. 2 assist man in NBA history, after John Stockton, Kidd also was one of the Knicks' best rebounding guards.

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Besides Romick, other Gurus who hold the stock include Charles Brandes, Robert Rodriguez and John Hussman ( WDC: Guru Trades).

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Besides, by no means all priests were on the political right: many, encouraged by Pope John XXIII, distanced themselves from Franco in the 1960s, and helped nudge Spain towards democracy after his death.

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