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...presidency was a difficult affair. He arrived in office in 1990 as a popular reformer, a man who planned to fix Peru's damaged economy and rebuild a society fractured by drug dealings and decades of low-level civil war. Doing all that, however, required that Fujimori use a firm hand. As the years went by, the hand became harsher, and Fujimori's government became more susceptible to charges of corruption. He won a third term earlier this year, but the vote was clouded with suspicion. By September, when he said he would step down the following July, Peruvians were...
...look forward to reviewing my homeowner's insurance the way I do to cleaning the gutters on the roof. Preventive care is a pain. It's amazing, though, how much trouble can turn up. Did you know, for example, that coverage guaranteeing you'll have enough money to rebuild your house is disappearing? That's what my Allstate agent told me a few weeks ago, and I was floored. Isn't the main point of homeowner's insurance to ensure that you can replace your house should it burn down...
...upshot: insurers have quietly shifted the risk of knowing what it would take to rebuild your house from them to you. Because of that, you're at greater risk of buying too much or too little insurance. Too much is better, but it's a crime that insurers are bleeding homeowners for unneeded coverage just so they can achieve peace of mind...
...insurers don't see it that way, of course. They say they have absorbed losses for years because homeowners tend to understate the value of their homes when buying guaranteed replacement-value policies. That way homeowners get the guarantee of being able to rebuild while saving on premiums, which run about $5 per $1,000 of coverage. Not fair...
...first act, which alternates between testimonial-like projections to the audience and their more private interchanges, the two men reminisce over the struggles and the happy times they shared together. Their interactions become strained, less frequent and even more wistful in the second act as they attempt to rebuild their lives with new partners. The tense relations between Ming and Robert (Jeremy Blocker '03), an ingenuous Caucasian waiter, are intercut with scenes of Oscar as he builds a new relationship with Daniel (William Adams '03), a sassy young diva-in-cargo-pants Filipino college student...