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...oversize glasses as Los Angeles magazine hosts its benefit event in aid of the charity Children Uniting Nations. That is because the party is being held at the famous Hollywood Spago, where Swifty ruled supreme on Oscar night for so many years. Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck is closing this branch of his restaurant empire to focus on the newer Beverly Hills branch, and this bash will be the last major event to be held there...
Pfiffner's book argues that presidents have the right to pay close attention to anything in the executive branch, but risk losing sight of the big picture if they are too focused on details...
With other corporations, the sticking point isn't phone charges but taxes. Most cruise ships are not registered under a U.S. flag, rendering the expenses nondeductible. But tax lawyers have found ways to circumnavigate the problem. For example, if a company with an overseas branch in a foreign port has a land-based meeting there, then a related cruise could be considered "luxury water transportation." Tax deductible...
Awerbuch-Friedlander also alleges in the law suit that her application was not properly considered for a position in the ecology and epidemiology branch of the HSPH and that she lost out on a job in the risk analysis branch of HSPH to a man, though she was more qualified...
...relationship works because the two sides make an effort to understand each other. "I've worked at some places where the relationship was so bad the works council fought over every hour, but we've managed to agree on flexibility here," Schlei says, adding that she was glad the branch had only 140 employees. "If we had more than 200, it could cost us another $30,000 per year under...