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...party officials are discovering some of the unintended consequences of the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law. "It's only dawning on people now how complicated it is," says campaign-law expert Bob Bauer. The law's central provision, a prohibition against federal candidates' using so-called soft money, will sever many of their ties to home-state political parties, which are not subject to the federal ban. Because federal candidates are barred even from raising soft money, it will be illegal for a Representative or Senator to so much as sign a fund-raising letter for a local candidate, says...
...Sert Gallery Café, located on the third floor of the Carpenter Center, is the jewel of the Harvard campus’ cafés. Patrons can sit inside or on a terrace and admire the views of Lamont and Sever Hall. The fare is slightly more expensive than that of other campus cafés, due mainly to the unsubstantiated fact that all of the VES faculty commute from New York City and they just wouldn’t feel comfortable if they couldn’t pay $5.50 for egg salad. Other entrees include lemon tuna, Cuban pork...
...Dick Rogers the teacher. In his final days, Rogers continued to battle with cancer, and even taught full time until the end. In addition to teaching duties, Rogers served as the director of the Film Study Center, a resource for non-student filmmakers located on the fourth floor of Sever Hall. The founder of the Film Study Center and collaborator of Rogers, Bob Gardner, said in an email that, “At the end of his life we were engaged in a number of undertakings that would provide greater opportunities for creative individuals to do independent and experimental films...
...lawyers expect the IRS to come down like a ton of coconuts on a few high-profile miscreants to send a message. The Caymans and other countries recently signed information-exchange agreements with the U.S. And the Patriot Act that Congress passed after Sept. 11 requires U.S. banks to sever ties with cash-laundering "shell" banks in foreign lands...
...Sever, 31, was raised by a single mother, and her grandparents were nearby for help. But now Sever is a single mom herself, and she doesn't have a support system. Her mother works full time and is often unavailable to lend a hand with Sever's son Casey, 7. "I knew I had to create a network for myself," Sever says. So in August 2000 she bought a two-family home in Highland Park, N.J., and searched for another single mom to live in the upstairs unit. At a local grocery store, she saw a house-hunting notice posted...