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Part of the problem is the way we handle organ donations. Americans who want to make this sort of gift have to opt in--that is, indicate on a driver's license that when they die, they want their organs to be made available. Many European and Asian countries take the opposite approach; in Singapore, for example, all residents receive a letter when they come of age informing them that their organs may be harvested unless they explicitly object. In Belgium, which adopted a similar presumed-consent system 12 years ago, less than 2% of the population has decided...
This year will mark the first year when applicants can opt to receive notification of admission over a secure e-mail account on Dec. 14. Traditional letters will also be mailed to all applicants, Fitzsimmons said...
...strong pull. Lautz comments, “It provides a good escape from the reality of school work.” Brown concurs, since “it was only the second movie I’ve seen [while at Harvard].” Many workaholics seeking to opt out of the daily grind for a few hours named Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone as their distraction of choice in recent weeks. Lautz himself “skipped three classes to see the movie, so it was a fabulous break.” Myung...
...daily newsletters, news updates, update letters, dating news, upletter dates, and finally, that salacious e-menage-a-trois, “third-party offers.” (One wonders where you have to go to get fourth-, fifth-, and twelfth-party offers: Swinger Download Clubs?) The “opt-out” system falsely implies that RealPlayer will be safe to your hard drives and in-boxes. And yet, with RealPlayer finally loaded and “Bootylicious” playing (albeit between strange bouts of something called “Buffering”) still the icon blinks...
...Jonathan W. Coffin, a salesman at Leavitt & Peirce, says that while women will often buy cigars for men, he sees a woman buy for herself “at most once per week,” and normally it’s an older woman. Women also tend to opt for cigarillos, which are essentially cigarettes wrapped in cigar leaves. A popular brand is John T’s Flavored Cigars—sample flavors include chocolate, rum, cherry, coconut, vanilla and cappuccino...