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...that all prizes must be stripped of their original character. Since it will be awarded by the Institute, the Fay Prize could reflect the Institute's mission to contribute to the study of women, gender and society by honoring an undergraduate, male or female, who has shown superior scholarship in this area. University administrators have already hinted that the criteria for the prize may come to emphasize scholarship over the additional elements of conduct and character...
...half of a $1 million summer home if they divorced. But when Pacelli, a developer, filed for divorce in 1996, his wife argued that she was entitled to more of his fortune, which had increased from $5 million to $11 million, and she sued. The New Jersey Superior Court eventually ruled that the agreement was "not fair and just," and the couple is renegotiating. Jeffrey Weinstein, Antonio Pacelli's lawyer, says the agreement should have been enforced because his wife signed it voluntarily. "A judge should not impose his or her standard on two people's bargain," says Weinstein...
First gadget out of the gate is the Pocket PC, set to launch next week and butt heads with the Palm Pilot family of Personal Digital Assistants. Windows-based PDAs have been technically superior for some time, but the Palm outsells them all because of a Filofax-like operating system so simple even executive V.P.s...
That's more than sage advice; it's an order from a superior officer. So at 30--the age Beatty was when he produced and starred in Bonnie and Clyde--Norton has directed and starred in Keeping the Faith, a genially wistful romantic comedy about two guys and the girl they've always loved. If this old-fangled triangle about a priest (Norton), a rabbi (Ben Stiller) and a dynamic executive (Jenna Elfman) proves as popular as early previews suggest, it will give further credence to the belief that Norton is blessed. After just seven films, this Yale grad...
...Lapin Agile by famous funnyman Steve Martin. The time is 1904, and the place is a more-than-slightly offbeat Parisian tavern called the Lapin Agile. Einstein and Picasso spend their time arguing about who is going to be a greater genuis and whether science or art is superior, as well as interacting with a host of comical characters. Performances are Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday...