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...Vendler cautioned that finding someone to replace Maher will be difficult. "It's a very daunting job. Someone very generous will have to take it on," she said

Author: By Julian E. Barnes and Lan N. Nguyen, S | Title: Funding to Be Top Issue for Next GSAS Dean | 12/6/1991 | See Source »

...Washington-based First American Bankshares, said Mazur, who testified behind a frosted-glass partition and spoke into a voice-altering microphone to protect his identity. "We needed a & lot more help than we had," said Mazur, who blamed the lapse on a dire shortage of staff and overly generous plea bargaining...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: B.C.C.I.: The Ones That Got Away: The Ones That Got Away | 12/2/1991 | See Source »

...apportioning the burden, which now falls more heavily on lower-income workers. Removing the cap would provide an estimated $25 billion in new funds for the universal plan. Congress should then shift the entire federal Medicaid budget to the universal-health program, which would give it a generous $115 billion in its first year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Health Care Condition: Critical | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

...upper-class Americans. That is because companies can write off every dollar they spend on health care as a business expense, which may help explain why corporate America did so little to contain the costs until they got out of hand. At the same time, employees who enjoy generous benefits plans pay no taxes on the thousands of dollars in health-care coverage that their companies provide for them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Health Care Condition: Critical | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

Unless the thieves are caught in the act, stealing art and then selling it is remarkably easy. Ill-gotten Greco-Roman sculptures, Renaissance Bibles or friezes from an Egyptian Pharaoh's tomb can be iced away for a time and realize a generous return. In Switzerland, which treats goods in storage with the same discretion as bank accounts, a work can come out of a bonded free- port warehouse in Zurich or Geneva with clear legal title to the possessor after five years. In Liechtenstein and the Cayman Islands, the term is seven days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: It's A Steal | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

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