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...Core Program was founded as a way to expose undergraduates not merely to a wide body of knowledge drawn from various disciplines but to different methods of inquiry. This approach stemmed from the long-held belief that Harvard students should graduate as broadly-educated individuals with specialized knowledge in one specific area...
Putting out an album: a long-held dream of countless bands in countless garages and basements around the world. The Humming, a band comprising Ian Stearns, John Thomasson, Reggie Martell and Harvard alum Ty Gibbons '99, have taken that dream, however, and turned it into a reality. Here, Gibbons begins a four-part series following the recording process...
...place, a new candidate has emerged: This guy walks the middle ground, woos independents, and steers clear of explosive issues. It turns out you can teach old dogs new tricks: Just as Lieberman tailored his public pronoucements to suit his party?s fundraising agenda, Cheney pried himself away from long-held positions to help George W. Bush attract the critical swing votes - the majority of which must be lured from the middle ground sandwiched between the two major parties...
...must begin taking minimum amounts out or pay another penalty. Worse, with a tax-deferred account, you or your estate will eventually get socked with income tax on withdrawals at federal rates up to 39.6%--not the relatively friendly capital-gains rate of 20% that applies to other long-held investments. Still, tax-free growth far outweighs any of the negatives that come with it--for most of your life...
While just about every taxable estate stands to benefit if the so-called death tax gets buried, the rub of additional capital- gains tax is no trifle. Don't worry. No one's messing with the cap-gains rate: 20% for long-held assets. What's getting deep-sixed is the "step-up" in value of some inherited assets. The step-up may sound arcane, but it's a bedrock of estate planning...