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...charter was amended to change the name to Radcliffe College and to include two more purposes "in addition to" the original ones. These latter two are general aims: (1) to furnish instruction and collegiate life and (2) to promote higher education for women. Note that the original two purposes from 1882 were not replaced or terminated by this amendment, just added to. Therefore, one assumes that the original idea of dissolution was still on the table. Indeed, the current, odd arrangement of admitting women to Radcliffe and then reenrolling them in Harvard could be interpreted as a lawyerly maneuver...
...testimony in which Gates pureed meaning in a manner that surely made that other legally troubled Bill envious. The Master of the Desktop came across as either unbelievably ignorant about his company's operations and the suit against it or as a possible perjurer. The betting was on the latter...
...lurid 1,300-page scandal sheet on Frank Sinatra last week, an anxious populace began asking itself the agonizing question: "Does this mean I have to reassess my position on the legendary swinging blue-eyed crooner from Hoboken, N.J., who embodied popular music and indeed pop culture in the latter half of the 20th century while swaggering about obnoxiously with his dissolute lackeys, or can I just bag it and catch a few hours of sleep and then go to work in the morning just as if nothing earthshaking had occurred...
Remember that gifting money to heirs is not the same as donating to charity. In the latter case, as long as you write the check this year, you can take the deduction. But gifts occur in the year that the check clears--a quirky distinction...
Obviously, Katzenberg hopes that The Prince of Egypt will answer the latter question affirmatively. It is a wish intensified by the fact that he is in the midst of a contentious legal battle against Disney chairman Michael Eisner, the man who didn't think Katzenberg was good enough to be his second-in-command. Katzenberg claims he is owed 2% of the profit from every project he put into production during his 10 years at the company--an amount that could reach $250 million or more...