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...superstars have at least one good motive for getting along well: financial. When they signed contracts for the Rome concert, neither they nor their management teams foresaw the extraordinary revenues that the event would generate. The singers accepted a flat fee from Decca, with no royalties. Economically, it was a disastrous decision. Music-industry sources have it that Pavarotti, who records exclusively for Decca, used his clout to sweeten his deal once it was clear that the album was going through the roof. When word leaked to the others, Domingo, who free-lances primarily with Sony and BMG, was said...
...include substance-abuse treatment and coverage of abortions. Both Senate Labor and Human Resources and House Education and Labor bills cover prescription drugs. Senate Finance's provides home care for the disabled. The Dole plan, like the Clinton plan, requires that insurers offer at least 1 of 3 options: fee-for-service; a health-maintenance organization; or a hybrid of the two, known as a preferred provider plan. Dole's plan carries no drug benefits and makes no mention of abortion; his long-term-care expenses are tax deductible...
...total national health-care spending. The Dole bill has a "fail-safe" mechanism designed to ensure that the plan would not add to the federal deficit. House Education and Labor proposes regional limits on how fast insurance premiums can rise. House Ways and Means establishes a fee structure and offers a standby cost-containment section triggered when individual states exceed a targeted expenditure level, at which point a federal rate schedule is imposed. Senate Finance would call on its National Health Commission to make nonbinding recommendations if costs got out of hand...
...heyday from 1903 to his death in 1921. Beginning in 1914, when the average weekly salary in the U.S. was about $12, Caruso was paid at least $2,500 (almost $37,000 in today's dollars) for each appearance at the Metropolitan Opera; today the Met's top fee is only $12,000. In Central and South America, where he was a god, Caruso received as much as $15,000 for a single engagement, payable in gold. His appearances in two silent movies in 1918, My Cousin and A Splendid Romance, brought him $100,000 per film...
...school-year ID cards as they are, however,cannot be used at Harvard's athletic facilities.But athletic access stickers are available fromthe Harvard Athletic Office for a fee...