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...Nadkarni admits to a fair chunk of book time cramming for exams in Cabot. A high school friend. Rachel J. Givelber '85, says that Nadkarni "for as long as I can remember has been pre-med." As his lab partner in high school, Givelber remembers that Nadkarni "would always fudge the results so it would come out perfectly...
...company fit FCC regulations governing concentration and numbers of stations. It is certain that properties worth hundreds of millions of dollars will have to be sold off. The possible complexities are numbing. Because Buffett will be a major shareholder in Capital Cities/ ABC, his ownership of a chunk of the Washington Post Co. could result in the new company's having to sell two Washington radio stations. An FCC rule prohibits common ownership of a radio or TV station and a newspaper in the same city. Capital Cities has already decided to sell its ABC-affiliated station in Buffalo, WKBW...
...timidly for some conservatives; heavy-handedly to many liberals' way of thinking. The process has been especially prevalent in criminal-justice cases, and the court, having again scheduled a hefty batch of such rulings this term, continued its chip-chip-chipping away last week by taking a new chunk out of the Miranda rule. That familiar doctrine requires police to advise detained suspects of their rights to remain silent and to obtain a lawyer. When a suspect "voluntarily" makes a damning admission before being advised of these rights, said the court in a 6-3 decision, a subsequent confession...
...tortoise-like determination. From its start, the network has avoided the lavish spending that sank other members of TV's culture club, like CBS Cable. A&E produces only a few of its own shows, acquiring most of them at low cost from various suppliers. The largest chunk of its schedule consists of entertainment shows purchased through a special arrangement with the British Broadcasting Corp. These BBC programs run the gamut from classy mini-series (Jane Eyre) to music specials (An Evening with Andrew Lloyd Webber) and sitcoms (The Fainthearted Feminist with Lynn Redgrave). The schedule is also filled with...
...most important source of money for the majority of elderly people today is Social Security, which, says the report, accounts for about 40% of retirees' income. Just behind that is the 25% provided by their own assets, such as savings and investments. Another major chunk comes from private pensions. Only a quarter of the work force was covered by pensions in 1950, but now half of all workers have them. In the future more and more employees will fall under various plans...