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...just about the time tax prep technology should have been cementing its hold on the mass market, substantial changes - including new rules about dividends and capital gains - kept people moving in the other direction. The Alternative Minimum Tax, a net originally created to catch the super-wealthy trying to shirk taxes, now ensnares some 4 million people a year, many of them solidly middle class. "A lot of those people throw their hands up in the air and say, I don't like doing my taxes once, I'm not going to do them twice," says Tom Ochsenschlager, vice president...
Ryan and Matt will improve student’s lives in everyday ways and never shirk from concrete solutions to big, abstract problems. We are confident they will deliver on their priorities to synchronize Harvard time with real time, reforming our exam schedule and giving us a more reasonable, sensible academic calendar. They will give students new outlets to improve teaching, like an anonymous email address for making complaints about lackluster teaching: TF@harvard.edu. They will ensure that student groups receive funding through a fair, transparent, and timely process. They will improve the quality of Quad life by pushing...
...this image of violence is repeated several times as a symbol of the failure of family life in “The Marriage of Bette and Boo.” As such a motif suggests, the first Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC) Mainstage show of the year does not shirk from conflict in its portrayal of suburban life. Running until Oct. 28, “Bette and Boo” was written by Christopher F. Durang ’71. Produced by Aileen K. Robinson ’08, the play is directed by Visiting Director Marcus Stern, who staged...
...method where they can largely do what they like with the information unless a customer expressly forbids it.Many private investigators aren't crazy about the bill either. While most support pretexting laws, they would like some wiggle room to track down deadbeat dads, creditors and others trying to shirk the law. For instance the 1999 Gramm-Leach Bliley Act prohibits pretexting specifically to obtain financial information, but it includes an exception for insurance companies investigating fraud to make sure claims are accurate. Private investigators would like a similar exception to help them catch bad actors. "The anti-fraud interests...
...long day of meetings, sometimes the last thing a business traveler wants to do is change into sweats and head down to the hotel gym or tackle the local running trails. But exercise becomes that much harder to shirk with a Travel Trainer ($89.90 from travtrainer.com) beckoning reproachfully from the corner of the room. Perfect for the harried road warrior, this portable exercise kit fits into a 56-cm bag and comprises a fitness ball, exercise mat and resistance bands (pulled taut they form the basis of muscle-building routines). An accompanying disc details how you can achieve a full...