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Harvard however did not convert any of its 840,000 shares into non voting stock to sell much to officials later regret. The voting stock because of its qualifications on ownership voting shareholders have to be participants in the Guaranteed Student Loan Program has traditionally been worth less than non voting shares...
...munificent but chilly; he aims to beguile the senses rather than engage them. Near the end, he closes up shop: "The curtain must now fall and the lights come up; my characters will take off their masks, I will pull down the sets, put away the props." Few will regret attending this dazzling performance; some may wish that they had been allowed to care more about the play. -By Paul Gray...
Canadians can keep their winnings tax free. An American would have to pay about half the winnings in U.S. taxes. Like most participants. Marc Lafleche of Montreal did not regret the week's wages he wagered. "Drawings like this are the only way the little guy can dream about a better life," he said. John Thome, 21, an unemployed laborer, can do more than dream. Thorne took his collection of 1,100 pennies to the bank, exchanged them for dollar bills and spent the $ 11 on lottery tickets. He was one of the ten second-prize winners...
...last breath is put into service to inflate the larger cause one last time, as with a regret that one has only one life to give for one's country. There is a long-running controversy, for example, over whether the younger Pitt, when departing this life, said, "My country! How I love my country!" or "I think I could eat one of Bellamy's pork pies...
...lazy dogs." Then came an equally puzzling message. The Central Committee members had "acquainted themselves" with the text of an Andropov speech, reported the TASS dispatch. But had they heard Andropov speak? When the text of the address finally clattered over the wire, all doubt was removed. "I deeply regret that because of temporary causes, I will not be able to attend the session of the plenum," wrote Andropov. He went on to explain that he had given the party program "much thought and was preparing to speak and outline some of my ideas...