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...people who see it run out of the theater," he said, adding that the audience's shock is "understandable...
...Hartman was surprised, imagine the reaction of less tax-savvy people who suddenly realize that their heirs face a worry usually thought to be reserved for Rockefellers. Thanks to decades-long booms in stock and real estate values, more people are making the dismal discovery every year, and their shock is compounded when they learn how stiff the tax is. It starts at 37% on amounts in excess of $600,000 and escalates to 41% on amounts over $1 million and 55% on anything over $3 million...
Whether it is denial, lingering shock or stout prairie faith, such optimism was as relentless as the river, even after a week without running water or plumbing. Residents would call a radio station, ask about a certain block of a specific street and learn that their house was under 8 ft. of water. "Well, alrighty then. Thank you very much...
...sued to learn the identity of his birth parents so he could see if he was a legacy at a decent college. Incredibly, Jason's real parents turned out to be none other than Kelly's old roommate, ALYCIA SIMMONS, and his own adoptive father Derek! What a shock for all. Some of you may have caught Derek on Geraldo, which he went on so other parents might be spared the needless pain and expense of adopting their own children. Well done, Derek...
TORONTO: "We share the shock and dismay of our shareholders and others that the gold we thought we had at Busang now appears not to be there." That was the Captain Renault-esque reaction of Bre-X head David Walsh to an independent report calling the once highly-touted Busang, Indonesia lode the biggest scam in the history of mining. In its report released Sunday, Strathcona Mineral Services said that gold from outside sources had been added to the crushed rock core samples that Bre-X had gathered as evidence of the supposed 200 million ounces of gold at Busang...