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...simply to enjoy themselves, there are thousands of events to choose from. Writers from Paul Coehlo to Günter Grass will read, discuss or autograph their work, and panel discussions, seminars and lectures ("Promotion of Literature in Lesser Known Languages") cater to those with education on their mind. Award ceremonies - the 2003 Peace Prize goes to Susan Sontag on Oct. 12 - bring some glamour to the otherwise business-oriented venture. This year's guest-of-honor country, Russia, is going to provide some special treats. Some 150 Russian writers will present their books, among them some of the country...
...published The Paradox of American Power last year and earlier this month won an award from the American Political Science Association for the body of his academic work...
Most mutual-fund companies that sell through brokers give clients a discount on up-front commissions once they invest $25,000. But because of complex rules and carelessness, brokers often fail to award breakpoint discounts to their customers. The National Association of Securities Dealers is cracking down, telling brokerages to send out refunds possibly worth tens of millions of dollars. Although your broker should determine if you qualify, it doesn't hurt to ask or to read your fund prospectus and statement of additional information, both of which list breakpoint rules. All money invested with one fund firm--say, American...
...vulnerable protagonist. The quintessential Bronson film was 1974's Death Wish, in which he played a liberal architect turned vigilante after his daughter was raped and his wife killed by street toughs?a role Bronson reprised in four more films. In 1972, he won a special Golden Globe award for being a "world film favorite...
DIED. MAZEN DANA, 43, award-winning Reuters cameraman and father of four; after being shot by U.S. soldiers who mistook his camera for a weapon; as he was filming outside Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison. Dana spent most of the past decade covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Hebron, where he grew up. It was the second death of a Reuters cameraman since the war began...