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...There is at least one more reason we grasp for the common experience of sadness. Tragedy, and specifically the shuttle disaster, with its epic scope and spectacular visuals, brings us together in a way very few things do these days, says Dr. Robert Butterworth, a psychologist and bereavement specialist. "There are so few places left in our society where we can agree, where we're not debating and fighting with each other," he says. This kind of universal loss transcends divisions established by politics or religion, he adds, and unites us in our grief. We've all experienced this strange...
...would appear that singer BOBBY BROWN fails to grasp some of the finer points of the legal system. When a judge forbids you to leave the state of Georgia, it is generally not a good idea to skip town. It is a still worse idea to perform on a nationally televised awards show being broadcast from Los Angeles. In November Brown, the husband of Whitney Houston, was ordered to stay in Georgia pending his trial for a 1996 drunken-driving charge in Atlanta. But last week he appeared onstage at the American Music Awards with rapper Ja Rule singing...
...President's proposal to eliminate double taxation on stock dividends is a magnum opus of confusion. Want proof? It took Wall Street nearly a week to grasp one of the plan's most fundamental notions: shareholders would be no better off tax-wise with companies that pay a dividend than with those that do not. Still sinking in: dividend investors might even be hurt in the short run because the Bush plan makes it silly to own such stocks in tax-favored accounts, where most people invest...
...University President Lawrence H. Summers begins his hunt for a new Harvard Law School (HLS) dean, a unique opportunity for making Harvard history is within his grasp. Harvard is the country’s oldest and arguably most prestigious law school, and its new dean will hold an important role as both an academic and national public figure. The Harvard Law School student newspaper, The Record, conducted an online poll in which two of the top five vote-getters were women. With Harvard falling behind other universities in the extent of its female leadership, and for the first time having...
...President's proposal to eliminate double taxation on stock dividends is a magnum opus of confusion. Want proof? It took Wall Street nearly a week to grasp one of the plan's most fundamental notions: shareholders would be no better off tax-wise with companies that pay a dividend than with those that do not. Still sinking in: dividend investors might even be hurt in the short run because the Bush plan makes it silly to own such stocks in tax-favored accounts, where most people invest...