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...silver, and commoners opted for elegant dresses in floral patterns or colors. But brides, grooms and marrying mores have changed. Women tie the knot later in life (at about 27, in contrast to 22 a generation ago), and more than 1 in 4 couples pick up the tab for their wedding, according to the Conde Nast Bridal Group. As a result, modern newlyweds-to-be often plan nuptials to reflect their personalities rather than cater to the traditions of their parents' generation. At the same time, as the number of intercultural and interracial marriages has increased...
...world’s ills. Even Kerry seems somewhat muddled: in a comment in the Wall Street Journal a spokesperson for Kerry said he “wants to make America more fair, so that average Americans don’t have to pick up the tab for corporate-America profits.” What politicians fail to remember is that people own companies, and many of those people are pretty average and just happen to have a few pieces of Exxon in their 401K. Taxing corporations ultimately takes money away from these people. A more nuanced argument would propose...
...gains exceptions of previous years and play it straight with the electorate. People should be taxed based upon their cash income, since that is ultimately what they use to make purchases. Then the government has to decide just which income groups are going to pay how much of the tab for keeping government services and infrastructure running. Tough decisions, to be sure, but ultimately this is something about which the electorate can make an informed decision rather than trying to see through the spin and obfuscation of the current debate...
...institution: the Bundesbank, now a regional affiliate of the European Central Bank. Thus, the scandal around the bank's president, Ernst Welteke, has come as a shock. Welteke and his family stayed at Berlin's luxurious Hotel Adlon on New Year's Eve, 2001. Dresdner Bank picked up the tab - over 37,660 - landing Welteke under state investigation. Welteke paid his share last Monday and took a vacation. But government and opposition both want him to resign, and that's where politics comes in. Jürgen Stark is acting president, but insiders say if Welteke goes, Stark is unlikely...
...Security and a handful of other federal agencies unless the University allows the military the option of establishing an ROTC unit on campus. Currently, Harvard students participate in ROTC programs at nearby MIT. The University does not fund the program directly, instead letting anonymous private donors pick up the tab...