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...alone, we tend to multitask our lives into insignificance. For example, no one would go to the opera and bring a book to read during the performance. Even if your mind wanders, you are expected to direct your full attention to the action. Why don’t we commit the same level of attention to recorded music, or food? Seems to me that as soon as you start playing music in the background, it becomes elevator music—glorified muzak...
Greenman led all scorers with a career-high 16 points—seven in the second overtime and nine on 4-for-4 shooting in the first half. He also didn’t commit a turnover in 38 minutes of action...
...their looks and interests. The book also helps explain why most messages you send will probably never get a reply: on most sites, fewer than 10% of the posted profiles belong to paying members. The rest belong to trial users who may not be able to reply until they commit to a monthly fee. Orr's dry writing style won't sweep you off your feet, but Meeting, Mating and Cheating gives an insightful portrait of cyberdating...
...alone estimates that it loses between $54 billion and $70 billion in tax revenues to tax havens every year. Over the past five years, public pressure and patient behind-the-scenes negotiations by the 30-nation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (O.E.C.D.) has led many offshore centers to commit, at least in theory, to close some loopholes and exchange sensitive tax information. Of the more than 30 tax havens originally identified by the O.E.C.D. in 1998, only five have yet to agree to open up their books...
...entire havens initiative; while they cooperate on cases of tax fraud, they don't recognize tax evasion by non-Swiss as an offense. Tax havens, says Richard Hay, a lawyer at Stikeman Elliott in London who represents tax havens and some investor groups, "don't want to commit commercial suicide by moving ahead of international standards." He adds: "We are not willing to jump into the volcano if others are not ready to follow." Corporations feel the same way: Why give up a legal advantage? The board of Tyco, for example, is recommending to shareholders that they vote...