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...requires a museum to take possession of a piece of donated art within 10 years, not merely for a specific number of days each year, as under the present arrangement. And now donors' write-offs are limited to a painting's market value at the time the original gift was given, not its appreciated value. That may end up being a significant disincentive for giving. While the law's intent is to prevent donors from reaping tax breaks on art that isn't often seen by the public, museum directors say this rarely occurs. "I'd like...
...Basically it’s a gift to a not-for-profit,” says Kohlberg, Harvard’s senior associate provost and chief technology development officer. “We all felt it was the right thing to do.” Both the University and Edwards say the move will fuel future research by MEND—and lower medicine costs for people in developing countries...
...President first criticized her at a fund raiser, she knew that he had given her a gift. When the President of the United States mocks you, it puts you on the map. And when he mocks you publicly, the money rolls in. Sure, they have their ideological differences. By now you have heard everything they have said about each other. But plenty of presidential candidates have said worse things about their opponents before they have chosen them as their running mate or their designated successor (witness John McCain...
...include any of the extras I've extolled; a Criterion disc without all the cool Easter eggs is missing something... essential. But the box is a testament not to Criterion but to Janus; indeed, to serious lovers of serious films. As such, there's not a richer gift (if you happen to be rich) for someone ready to experience the wonders of movies beyond Hollywood than this sumptuous...
...Criterion has a gift for pairing films that belong together. One example is its release of Maxim Gorky's play The Lower Depths as filmed by Renoir in 1936 and Kurosawa 21 years later. Another is its dual set of The Killers, both the 1946 Robert Siodmak original of Hemingway's story about a man who welcomes his own murder - it's Burt Lancaster's sleepy-eyed, long-muscled film debut - and Don Siegel's hyped-up 1964 remake that was made for TV but too violent for broadcast...