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...account. Now such doings will be harder to get away with. If the principal wants to grant the agent the specific power to make gifts, the principal must initial a box on the POA authorization form, and then describe the types of gifts on a separate statutory major-gifts rider. The rider must contain the signature of the principal and two witnesses and also be notarized...
...rider is unique to New York, notes Pierro. "Having the obligations spelled out makes the person acting under power of attorney subject to virtually the same rules as someone who operates as a trustee," he says. Might other states adopt the rider? "They'll likely wait and see New York's experience with it," he says...
...uncomfortable to stand really close to a stranger? Sure, there are the potentially icky things. Sometimes an elevator car is so crowded that you can smell a fellow rider's shampoo or chewing gum (or worse). But even when a stranger is perfectly groomed, it's usually a bit revolting to be pressed against him in public...
...built relationships there and figured out how to refine the ingredients of the European shows to appeal to the American viewing appetite. Some shows remained unpalatable: Kath & Kim, an archetypal Australian comedy, did not fare well. Neither did some of his other, more homegrown fare: a revamped Knight Rider, American Gladiator and Restaurant, a reality show that followed the fortunes of Rocco DiSpirito, an upstart chef not unlike Silverman...
...Silverman's other innovation was to package programming and advertising together, so the entertainment would be inextricable from the marketing. His iteration of Knight Rider was sponsored by Ford. American Express was all over Restaurant, which, while not a lasting hit, was something of a marketing juggernaut. This kind of barrier-busting is what, officially, Silverman will be doing with the new company he's forming with Diller. It seems a natural fit and a no-brainer decision for both of them. But as Silverman learned the hard way at NBC, in entertainment, nothing is as easy as it looks...