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...each year, as under the present arrangement. And now donors' write-offs are limited to a painting's market value at the time the original gift was given, not its appreciated value. That may end up being a significant disincentive for giving. While the law's intent is to prevent donors from reaping tax breaks on art that isn't often seen by the public, museum directors say this rarely occurs. "I'd like to see the government produce some evidence," says James Cuno, director of the Art Institute of Chicago, which has about 200 fractional gifts in process...
...focus is on the nuts and bolts of a healthy pregnancy: screening for bacterial infections, watching for signs of domestic violence, discouraging alcohol consumption, encouraging smoking cessation (1 in 4 pregnant women in Kentucky smokes), monitoring weight gain and nutritional intake and, when necessary, giving drugs to prevent preterm labor. Weekly injections of a progesterone-based drug after week 16, for example, can reduce the recurrence of premature births by one-third...
...effectiveness even as he supported Ibrahim’s intentions. Moose, who leads an IOP study group called “Africa in the Multilateral System,” questioned the merit of providing heads of states with a safety net to fall on after they retire and thus prevent corruption. “First, nothing is ever black and white, so how can the candidates be accurately judged?” he said. “And who is to judge them? Second, there are always mediocre leaders with some bad records who know they are not qualified...
...didn’t get that many chances.”Despite the effective defense, the offense was unable to find a way past Troy Davenport, who came up with key saves on tough shots from freshman Jimmy Fraser, senior Ryan Maki, and sophomore Brian McCafferty to prevent Harvard from taking a lead.“We had some quality chances…. to get that second goal,” Donato said, adding, “But we weren’t able to cash in.”The Crimson finally went ahead 11:28 into the third...
...says his office would prefer companies to allow access to developing countries when negotiating licenses. But according to Kohlberg, the University often finds itself stuck between two unappealing prospects—either ivory tower innovations will never reach consumers, or Harvard will be bound by strict licensing agreements that prevent developing-world customers from buying medicines cheaply...