Word: resets
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...postoperative stroll down the hall, heading for the lounge with the jigsaw puzzles, you catch a glimpse of yourself in the glass door ahead, a shambling galoot in droopy, pee-stained pajamas. (When they pull out the catheter, it takes you a day or two to get your sphincter reset.) This is not a guy whom any woman longs to have sex with; she would be afraid of killing the old bugger. It's hard for a man with a strong sense of himself (He's going deep--deep--deep! And he's almost to the wall...
...housing. Financially speaking, moving didn't make as much sense. Now you can get an exclusion every two years. Swarms of homeowners with a collective $4.5 trillion in home equity in the U.S. are bumping up against the new limits. To extend the tax benefit, they must somehow reset the tax-exempt meter to zero, usually by selling their home and buying another...
Some tax pros have been angling for ways to reset the meter without moving. Philip Holthouse, a partner at the Los Angeles tax firm Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt, says you can do that by setting up a trust and selling the house to your adult children. Future gains will accrue to family members tax free, and it may help in estate planning too. He warns, though, that children without income cannot take advantage of the mortgage deduction, which may be worth more than any capital-gains tax saving. Another option is to sell your house and lease it back with...
...soon encounter the technology's limitation. After a steal, Boston's Paul Pierce viciously slam-dunks over the Jazz defense. Only, I'm busy staring at the box. Suddenly 18,000 fans are on their feet, roaring their approval while I'm trying to find the reset button. I am at the game, with enhanced interactive technology, and I feel like I'm missing the whole thing. ChoiceSeat's motto is: "Get closer." So why do I feel the opposite is happening? When the game ends and the Celtics pull off an upset, a female Jazz fan sitting beside...
...Green's equalizer temporarily reset the score, but rookie winger Tyler Kolarik was able to put the Crimson ahead 2-1 at 12:26 in the middle frame. Kolarik took a pass from Packard behind the net that landed perfectly on his stick and lifted a shot past Boucher to regain the lead...