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...probably the stalest cliche in show business, so much so that one thinks maybe it's ripe for re-examination. Let's stipulate that great comedy - like great anything - is difficult. But it seems to me that creating OK comedy, the sort of thing that allows you to pass an idle Saturday night pleasantly, if not memorably, is not necessarily a life-threatening activity...
...Fruit of the Loom underwear, find out how much they could save with Geico insurance and tour a Clayton manufactured home. See's Candies expected to rack up $100,000 in sales in a single day, while Benjamin Moore paints hawked its promotional teddy bears--the sort of thing that would be free from other companies--for $5. "We don't give things away here," said general manager Frank Strano. "Warren doesn't believe in that...
More importantly, this sort of amendment would have given life to the practice of the state penalizing monetarily successful universities—namely Harvard—for being just that. Only eight schools in Massachusetts have endowments over $1 billion: Harvard, MIT, Williams, Boston College, Amherst, Wellesley, Tufts, and Boston University. But with a $34.9 billion endowment, Harvard would see the greatest payout by far. The university with the next-largest endowment, MIT, has $9.98 billion...
...This sort of tariff would undoubtedly hurt schools’ fundraising programs: If donors knew that the money they bequeathed to their alma mater would partially or fully be heading to the state (or push the target college or university over the $1 billion mark), they would think twice before writing that check. While the donations that some of these schools receive are more than just hefty, the amount of money schools would be required to give under this tax would often be even greater. For example, under this law, Harvard would have to pay $875 million dollars...
...This promises weeks more of conflicting news cycles, split decisions and Clinton wins that are tempered only by the mathematical realities of the delegate fight. It is a campaign that almost no one expected, but for which the Clinton family seems well prepared to face with a sort of steely resolve. "People ask us all the time, 'Well how do you keep going?'" Clinton said, as she accepted victory in Indiana before it was officially declared. "We love getting out and meeting people...