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...military might in the war for independence. "We wouldn't have a country today were it not for France and the wizardry of Franklin," she says. Author Claude-Anne Lopez, who writes for us about the women in Franklin's life, began her long career as a Franklin expert by translating his correspondence from French to English. Says she: "I basked in Franklin's relationships with the stars of the Enlightenment, the scientists, the economists and the Parisiennes who taught him how to flirt." Closer to home, our reporter Heather Won Tesoriero offers a traveler's guide to Franklin...
...guys. Its unspoken premise, provocative but true, is that gay men are the new black people: the oppressed minority whose subculture defines what is cool. "After all these years of deciding whether to beat us up or borrow our outfits," says Ted Allen, Queer Eye's food and wine expert, "[straight men] are choosing the latter." Yes, the show's queen-tet embody stereotypes--try pitching a show on which five Asians help people with math--but they are clever, funny and self-aware. As Allen puts it, "If you want to stereotype me as someone who dresses great...
...FOOLISH. James Seidel, a tax expert at RIA in New York City, points out that in most cases you will qualify for the lower dividend tax rate only if you own your shares for at least 60 days before the dividend is paid. What's more, says Seidel, the fat yields on preferred stocks can nudge some middle-income investors past the point at which the dreaded alternative minimum tax kicks in. Check with your accountant first. --With reporting by Tara Kalwarski
...directors can make binding decisions. The affair is particularly embarrassing for Viénot, a distinguished banker who authored two reports on French corporate governance in the 1990s. He quit the board last fall and isn't commenting. As Vivendi is finding to its cost, even the best French expert can get things wrong. Hmm ... This may be a bit too fair Britain announced plans to ban age discrimination in the workplace by October 2006. In line with an E.U. directive, it will outlaw mandatory retirement ages, end ageist job advertising, and allow Britons the choice of working until they...
...what goes up must come down. Unlike the floodgate 9 a.m. arrival, the return to the ground floor is a calculated trickle. There are shifts, all clearly executed by expert clock-watchers...