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...good. Thousands have already lost their doctors to a malpractice crisis that, while concentrated for now in certain states and specialties, is spreading. Doctors are being handed malpractice-insurance bills that are double those of a couple of years ago, forcing many of them to move from high-premium states--like Florida, Nevada and Pennsylvania--to more affordable venues like California and Indiana. The crisis is compelling some doctors and medical students to switch from lawsuit-magnet specialties like obstetrics, neurology and pulmonology to "safer" ones like dermatology and ophthalmology, or to refuse to perform high-risk procedures like delivering...
Theater space is at a premium on campus. With only two major performance venues—two stages at the Loeb Drama Center and one at the Agassiz Theater—students are forced to scrounge for rehearsal and performance space in House common rooms, libraries, and converted pools and boiler rooms...
...asking for money before students are even out the door, the Gift Committee argues that its helps to build loyalty among alumni and establishes a life-long “pattern” of giving back to the University. The Senior Gift is only one manifestation of the high premium that Harvard places on building and maintaining alumni loyalty—from fundraising drives to alumni networks, Harvard Clubs and the extensive use of the University’s post.harvard.edu website. Harvard never wants you to forget the gifts that it has given...
...made the right choice. You can get stuck in a rut. If you’re not burned out, go straight to graduate school. Once you’ve tasted the real world, you won’t want to go back. Also, there’s always a premium for being done at a young age. At the same time, it’s important not to go to grad school by default. It’s something to be enjoyed. If you don’t enjoy it, then it’s terribly frustrating when you?...
...grandson of Seagram founder and former bootlegger Samuel Bronfman, Edgar Jr. began his career writing songs performed by Dionne Warwick and Ashford and Simpson and producing small movies. Pulled into the family business in 1982 by his father and made CEO in 1994, he scored wins by pushing premium brands like Chivas Regal and Absolut, and buying and selling Tropicana for a juicy profit. But Hollywood continued to beckon. He dumped the company's safe, lucrative stake in chemical giant DuPont to buy Universal Studios' parent MCA in 1995 and recording company PolyGram...