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...exactly. The Constitution expressly gives Congress the power to establish "uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States." Both the House and Senate bills contain homestead provisions. Neither deals with the basic unfairness of the exemption. The Senate bill would permit bankruptcy filers to retain up to $100,000 in equity in their home. Any amount over that would go to creditors. The House bill would allow homeowners to retain up to $250,000 in equity. But that cap would be meaningless, since any state could opt out of it under the bill. Key members of Congress...
...programs, awards and policies which worked together to help Seltzer along her way should be expanded and improved so that Harvard can continue to attract, retain and nurture the best academics in the nation. We welcome you, Margo Seltzer, to the ranks of the tenured with great joy, for our sake as students, and for yours. We hope that your appointment shows the University that tenure is for mothers...
...subcommittees of Harvard's Administrative Board that make findings of fact should not be able to play-act as courts of law. These subcommittees have the power to forever tarnish students with a judgment of a serious offense, but they do not currently give students the opportunity to retain independent representation or to cross-examine witnesses, rights that all free societies view as essential to fair procedure. When faced with serious offenses, university disciplinarians should reserve their judgment for the issues of punishment that they are competent to decide, and leave the fact-finding to the courts...
...other side, there is an additional fear that the breakup will not be strong enough. The portion of Microsoft controlling the operating system could retain a monopoly. Some suggest that a better solution would be to auction the Windows source code to several other companies, immediately creating competing systems. However, competing versions of Windows could be sufficiently similar to create customer confusion and remove any real advantage from the split. Furthermore, were competing versions of Windows introduced while Microsoft still held on to its applications software, it would not be long before Office became more compatible with Microsoft's version...
...undergraduate novel of self-discovery and education, or Bildungsroman. I suppose it is possible to retain this tradition by writing the autobiography of a life parked before a computer screen. But how much flavor would be missing without the scene of the hero walking across campus alone on a winter night, his head uncovered, his jacket collar drawn tight about his neck, alone, hearing a violin play You'll Never Walk Alone in a practice room somewhere, alone, in the snow that turns to rain...