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...Astonishing stage pictures can be wonderful, but they're not enough," says Kellogg, 62, who, by all accounts, has been the prime mover in turning Glimmerglass into a major force in American opera. "We keep our productions spare so that the audience can concentrate on what is happening between the characters onstage. We look for singers who are really good actors--and then we give them room...
...that support all but disappears. The same thing happens when respondents are faced with a choice between tax cuts and saving Social Security, or tax cuts and keeping the budgets balanced. For the most part, Americans only want a their money back if they?re sure the government can spare...
INHERITED IRAS The IRS seems to agree with fund companies that allow inherited IRAs to pass on after you do. In a private-letter ruling, the agency has given the go-ahead for nonspouse beneficiaries to roll the accounts over. The maneuver can spare your heirs a hefty tax bill by avoiding the customary one-time cash-out. Naming another beneficiary will not extend the life of the account, and payments must be distributed at least as rapidly as the pace set by the original owner, regardless of who receives the cash...
RUNNING EMPTY Worried about toting a potentially incendiary jug of extra fuel in your trunk? Your answer may be Spare Tank. It's a gasoline derivative much less combustible than ordinary gas, thus less likely to explode. Still, it packs enough punch, when mixed with residual fuel in your tank, to get you to the next station. Cost: a high-octane $24.99 a gallon...
ROSEANNE Major NBC stations yanking her low-rated show in the fall. Anybody got a spare sitcom...