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...Ph.D. program in American literature when she decided to trade in Henry James' The Ambassadors for Black's Law Dictionary. It was at law school, in her civil-procedure class in 1974, that she met John Edwards, a country boy four years her junior. He says he found her "smarter and more sophisticated than I'd ever be." On their first date, he took her to hear a band at a Holiday Inn. "It was not love at first sight," she recalls. But Edwards persisted and won her over with his sunny outlook on life. In July 1977 they married...
...little surprise that Europe's governments are taking a hard look at how to fix their tax mess. As the debate takes off across Europe, three potent ideas are emerging that suggest it may be possible to make a difference without tipping even further into the red. Smarter Taxes One "old" E.U. country that likes to boast about its tax policies is Ireland, which has over the past 15 years pared back the basic rate for personal income tax to 20% from 35% and has also slashed capital gains and corporate taxes. The tax wedge in Ireland has dropped...
...next April in Las Vegas. Affleck outlasted a former world champ and fellow action hero Tobey Maguire at the tourney in Commerce, Calif., to "become a respected member of the poker elite," a casino rep said. Now if only the star of such clinkers as Paycheck and Gigli made smarter bets on his films...
...five-year survival rate for all cancers is 63%, up from 51% in 1975, according to the American Cancer Society. But most of that improvement is attributed to the effectiveness of antismoking campaigns, not to better drugs. Thanks to patients like Louise Jacobs, who is helping to make new, smarter treatments part of standard cancer care, that may soon change...
...People would just be smarter....It’s so important for people to travel and to learn about environments that aren’t Harvard,” she says. “I think people would have more energy to dedicate to things that matter on a larger scale, both to the university and to the larger world...