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Could the credit crunch get you out of paying that pesky divorce settlement? That's the teaser before London's Court of Appeal after Brian Myerson, a fund manager in the city, asked a panel of judges Wednesday to nix the $15.2 million agreement reached last March with his ex-wife Ingrid. The reason: turmoil in the markets has effectively wiped out his share of the couple's spoils. A ruling in Myerson's favor could see a tide of wealthy divorcees heading back to court in search of sweeter deals...
Match Day: One Day and One Dramatic Year in the Lives of Three New Doctors By Brian Eule 261 pages; St. Martin's Press...
Journalist Brian Eule had an inside track on the turmoil that Match Day can cause in a relationship: his girlfriend Stephanie was herself about to embark upon the long journey to becoming a surgeon. Eule trains his eye on his relationship (and that of two other couples); his book details the havoc that the medical field can wreck on family lives. ("See the Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs...
...lifted, stem cell research will be more cost-efficient. According to Baetscher, researchers under the ban could not use equipment purchased with federal funds on human stem cells, meaning that oftentimes, research facilities had equipment reserved for humans and other equipment dedicated to animals. As for climate change, Brian F. Farrell, professor of meteorology, cautioned against expecting immediate action in public policy, noting that even science doesn’t have all of the answers on the issue. “I think first what you have to do is carefully assess the situation, that is, the most likely outcomes...
...like to think that we’ve turned the corner,” Harvard coach Brian Baise said. “We played some really good ball over the weekend, and we continued with that for the most part tonight. The guys are playing hard, and I was really glad that the team didn’t let down after the weekend...