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...difficult, painful or simply impossible to see otherwise - brain tumors, spine problems, problems in the liver or lung. Nevertheless, in the '90s, CT scans were largely upstaged by the vastly more complex - but radiation-free - MRI scan. Overall, few docs would disagree that the MRI is a better test. Except for being somewhat less sharp when looking at bone, MRI is clearly more sensitive and versatile. But CT scanning has made a huge comeback in the past five years. Almost every office day of late I?ve gotten new patients who have had CT scans in the emergency room - scans...
...Rick Obernesser, Yellowstone's chief law enforcment ranger. Added Special Agent in Charge Brian Smith: "That's an expectation when you come into most parks - that guns aren't loaded and in the racks." The rangers declined to comment on how their jobs could change if guns are allowed, except to say, according to Obernesser, "If it's changed, we will make that one work...
...break. In its bid to become an international financial center, Mauritius secured double taxation-avoidance treaties with 33 countries, and 14 more are pending. Since villa ownership grants Mauritian residency, even if you live and earn in, say, Britain or France or India or China (almost anywhere, in fact, except Japan and the U.S.), you can legally pay income tax in Mauritius - at 15%. So anyone who buys a villa in Corniche Bay will, over the course of an average working life, save in tax what they paid in the first place. Effectively, the villa is free, while the owner...
...ludicrous for those looking in from the outside. Complicating the matter further was a convoluted knot of parliamentary procedure that left professors at the meeting unsure of what motions they were voting for in the first place. The end result, a pointless miasma of motions and amendments, served nothing except the vanity of those thinking they were arguing over something meaningful. The situation eventually vaporized, as most issues at Harvard tend to, by University President Draw G. Faust agreeing to set up a committee exploring the issue. If the Faculty enjoys this sort of thing, it might be well-advised...
Donahue wrote it may now be cheaper to go to Harvard than to a local public university, noting that family incomes, except for those in the highest levels, are not keeping up with the rise in the cost of living...