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When it comes to Microsoft, however, Justice generally does. Gates bailed on his proposed acquisition of financial software giant Intuit after Justice objected, but for the most part the agency has spent recent years attempting to slap Microsoft down, only to cut wimpy deals that left the company more deeply ensconced than ever...
...hedge funds now describe a kind of management that is far more aggressive. Lawmakers insist that clients be "experienced with risky assets" and rich enough (in some cases, at least $5 million in investable assets) that they won't be wiped out by some slap-happy manager who bets everything on the Thai baht. Hedge funds shine in volatile markets. Says Robert Jaeger, president of Evaluation Associates Capital Markets: "The whole idea behind hedge funds is to have some money invested with people whose returns aren't going to be totally determined by whether the market is up or down...
...usual example," says child-abuse authority Mary Ann Mason, who teaches a course on Children and the Law at the University of California, Berkeley, "is when a kid races across the street in front of a car. The slap literally imprints on him the need for safety. No one would consider that child abuse...
Aaron Eckhart, the 29-year-old actor who plays Chad, has yet to be slapped by any female moviegoers (it's early; be patient). But he says, "I've had women come really close. The right hand is back, and they go, 'I just want to slap you.' And I go, 'All right.' They don't, and then they laugh. But I'm sure if I demonstrated any Chadness while they were in mid-swing, they...
...forms of ID? Check. Remove pistol from carry-on? Well, ah... Last week Dallas Cowboy coach Barry Switzer joined thousands of Americans--and dozens of celebrities--in making the silly error of carrying a gun through an airport metal detector. Like most, he'll probably get a hand slap (he was charged with a misdemeanor last week), not the two to 10 years and $10,000 fine the third-degree felony can pack. How to explain the slip-up? Fast thinking, contrition and imagination. Here are some of the most creative excuses from illegally armed celebs...