Word: shells
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...many that promise average investors entry into the rarefied world of private banking. Set yourself up in a Caribbean or Alpine tax haven, and you are in league with the superrich--with Marc Rich!--who cloak their identities and shield their assets from prying governments. With your shell company as host of a nameless Visa or Amex card, you are trading stocks, purchasing cars, paying bills and getting cash from ATMS--and leaving no trail. You are thumbing your nose at grasping creditors, ex-spouses, plaintiff's lawyers and tax collectors. And these days, you are screwed...
...privatization of many government functions. Both directly and indirectly, living-wage laws can drive up government spending. Suffolk legislator Allan Binder, a leading critic of the county's minimum wage for contractors and firms that receive county funds, cites a study that found the county may have to shell out an extra $13.5 million a year for increased wages. "We have no idea of its impact," says Binder. "We're going into untried territory...
...return," he insists. "I want to dedicate the last few years of my life to confront the difficulties in the land to which I belong." He will leave his villa in north Rome for a cluster of hillside residences in Kabul (his palace is a fire-gutted shell). He is curious to see whether the small farm 20 miles from the capital, where he grew grapes, melons and pears from imported plants, survived the war. Karzai hopes that Zahir Shah will be a symbol of unity, but the President won't have to worry about being outshone in other ways...
...night of her 21st birthday, Jones sang for a crowd that included Shell White, a music-industry accountant. White was so moved by Jones' voice that she approached the young singer and, while admitting she had no management experience, asked if she could make it her personal mission to get Jones signed. White e-mailed Lundvall, and after playing him a demo that included covers of the vocally challenging standards Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most and Walking My Baby Back Home, White had accomplished her mission...
...fries and have American breakfasts served in their seaside bungalows, but they will probably miss out on the things that made our trip memorable: the kindness of Makhan and Probas, the bargain-price basmati rice from Meena Stores and the simple pleasure of eating out of a coconut shell...