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There will be more tit-for-tat scenarios, more struggles for what is perceived as the high ground. One certain sticking point is the amount of money Diana will receive. The figure usually mentioned is $23 million, but whether that will come in a lump sum or an annual dole has yet to be haggled over. Last week the senior royals--the Queen and Prince Charles--attended the memorial ceremony for the Gulf War dead. The regal phalanx was secondary news as papers devoted pages to Diana's latest crisis. That sort of snub inspires the kind of resentment that...
Gone are the days when candidates had songs tailor-made for their campaigns, such as 1952's Irving Berlin classic I Like Ike. Today, politicians (like Lamar Alexander, right) prefer pre-existing melodies that sum up their drive for the White House. Here are songs currently associated with the candidates--and suggestions they might consider, given the results of the primary season...
...Undergraduate Council, however, is in a different position. The council has no required expenditures; it is not in the public service business and it is supposed to represent the conscience as well as the opinions of the student body. It has been offered a substantial sum of tainted money, money representing the blood of the Burmese people and the destruction of the environment. The money should be refused...
...Creating a new "G.I. Bill" which would provide a lump sum voucher for $2500 for continuing college education...
Like other IPO millionaires, Andreessen is careful to point out how difficult it would be for him to sell his stock. "You can't just sum up the total value of the stock and say that that's actually what somebody has in his pocket," he says. "There are a lot of both legal and practical restrictions on what actually happens to the money." Under the provisions of most IPOs, officers and executives who have stock or stock options cannot begin selling shares for several months. In addition, the sec places strict limits on the number of shares that officers...