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...Maximum number of exclamation points used passive-aggressively in chastising e-mail: Why?! Don’t you like my exclamation marks?! They...
...that Congress set back in February. Here is how it will work for senior citizens who sign up: beginning in 2006, they will be required to pay a $35 monthly premium and a $250 yearly deductible. The program will then cover 75% of drug costs up to a maximum of $2,250. At that point, because of the budget restriction, a gap in coverage (known in Washington as a "doughnut hole") occurs. The next $2,850 in prescription-drug bills must be paid out of pocket. But once out-of-pocket expenses reach $3,600, the catastrophic provision kicks...
...than the dumbing-down of high-art audiences. It’s a question of respect for other visitors. Just because your art experience is improved by making a few calls on your cellphone, chatting with your friends, discussing art very loudly or listening to an audiotape at the maximum volume doesn’t mean that you should so improve it. This behavior is necessarily disturbing to everyone else in the room. Some people are trying to look at the art closely and exhaustively, but even for those of us who aren’t seriously into...
Byrne could have received up to 10 years and a maximum $250,000 fine for each of the five counts...
...Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO), a public agency set up after the Asian financial crisis to dispose of bad corporate debt, recently assumed $5.48 billion in delinquent accounts from shaky card companies. KAMCO plans to write off up to 30% of the principal, extend the payment periods to a maximum of eight years and redeem the credit records of debtors. Some card companies have started their own debt-forgiveness programs; these have the unintended consequence of creating an incentive for borrowers to stall for a bailout rather than pay up. "Some debtors are telling our phone operators that they...