Word: acceptibility
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Summers’ decision to accept discrimination against homosexuals is frustrating and misguided. He should reevaluate the position he has taken, so that Harvard’s name and resources can help bring down the amendment. Even an unsuccessful suit would underscore the University’s dedication to equal rights. When Summers took office in 2001, many on campus were hopeful that he would use his bully pulpit to take principled stands on issues of national importance. Now is his chance...
...develop a strong view, partly through taking philosophy, that there is no provable certainty. Once you accept that premise, you view decisions as being about probabilities and trade-offs. That basic approach has framed everything I've done. And, I might add, an awful lot of investors would have stayed out of trouble in the late '90s if they had better understood the risks and the probabilistic aspects of what they were engaged...
...need to make sure that in doing so, your estate won't face a greater federal tax burden down the road. Portland, Ore., couple Betty and Les Barkley put a disclaimer in their will so that the surviving spouse could delay paying taxes by refusing to accept a portion of the estate. Another approach is to claim a special marital tax deduction. Giving away enough money to bring the taxable estate below the federal and state thresholds or moving to a state that has not separated its tax, such as Florida or California, can also help your estate avoid state...
...PDAs. Running Windows Mobile software, it's available in two models: the Motorola MPx200 ($300 from AT&T) and, shown at left, the Samsung SCH-i600 ($400 after rebate from Verizon). The phones come with a Windows media player for listening to music and playing back songs, and they accept Secure Digital memory cards with up to 256 MB of data. You can even send instant messages. Microsoft claims you can do full Web browsing on the phones, but that's hardly practical on these small screens. Still, these pocket-size gizmos hold an amazing number of features...
...refusal to accept the conventional boundaries of his field that encouraged Masao Maruyama, founder and president of Mad House animation studio, to choose him to direct Perfect Blue, a paranoid psycho-thriller about a teen idol dragged through the sleazier realms of Japanese pop culture. The film turned out to be Kon's breakthrough. Until then, he had been making slow but steady progress through the industry, working his way up from being an assistant manga artist to drawing his own manga to directing occasional episodes of animated TV shows. One of these episodes caught Maruyama's eye. "I needed...