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...rise of lawsuits against doctors, corporations and now Harvard—just about anyone with good insurance—threatens to create a culture of victimhood in this country, driven by lawyers who know how to game the system to collect their 40 percent. As is chronicled on websites like Overlawyered.com, the range of cases is breathtaking. Congress is perennially debating tort reform to stop lawsuits like these, but there is little indication that anything will happen soon, with the financial committees of Congress preoccupied with accounting reform. Meanwhile, lawsuits continue to drag down the American economy from all directions...
...thought it would be. Otherwise, I'm sold. In the year to come, most cable, broadband and phone companies will start adding Internet telephone service to their standard packages, and when they do, it's going to get even cheaper. The future is calling, and it's not collect...
...deadly rebel groups in the world. Prabhakaran emerged from the jungles of northern Sri Lanka last week to hold his first press conference in 12 years and talk some very uncharacteristic talk: of peace. If the right deal is offered, he announced, he will call off the rebellion, collect the cyanide capsules from around his fighters' necks and disband what, with 217 attacks to date, is the world's most prolific suicide-bomb squad. "We are sincerely committed to peace," he said...
Walk Tiffany Whitton, and the Harvard softball team will make you pay. Pitch to her and Whitton will collect...
...chair and an organizer of the advisory committee, said that while many candidates advocated greater diversity in Faculty and courses, it is too early to judge what recommendations the committee will make. He said the group’s first task will be to collect student opinion...