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...financially, we still don't know, when it comes to that rare species, the stay-at-home spouse of the corporate tycoon. When nonwealthy couples divorce, the assets are generally divided equally, according to Michael Ostrow, president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. But for the wealthy--unless you're in a 50-50 community-property state--when love fades, the wife's value is inversely calculated: the richer the household, the less, proportionally, she gets. One such wife, Lorna Wendt, 53, has decided to fight that principle. She returns to court in Stamford, Connecticut, this week, having turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIVORCE, CORPORATE-STYLE | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

...Unless you're of Slavic descent or adept in Russian, you probably haven't closely examined the Slavic Languages and Literatures section of the course catalog--and you probably don't know about a gem of a course, Slavic 131: "Slavic Science Fiction...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: eleven electives | 2/1/1997 | See Source »

Although the position of president is contested, other newly elected officers will remain as follows: William Jay '98, vice-president; Bradley L. Whitman '98, who is a Crimson editor, treasurer; Bradley L. Davis '00, secretary; and Mitby, member-at-large, unless he wins the highest post...

Author: By Aby. Fung, | Title: Republican Club Vote Is Contested | 1/30/1997 | See Source »

Here's hoping Clinton returns to earth. All the visionary talk in the world won't count for much unless he nails it down with some real leadership, the kind that springs not from rhetoric but from old-fashioned deal making and what Teddy Roosevelt called the willingness "to dare mighty things." Clinton last week expressed the view that "great Presidents don't do great things. Great Presidents get a lot of other people to do great things." This is a tautology, since getting others to do great things--persuading Congress to pass campaign-finance reform, say--is itself doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INAUGURATION 1997: NO GUTS, NO GLORY | 1/20/1997 | See Source »

...clear pipelining problems. You cannot hire women faculty unless you get women applicants," Seltzer says. "And trying to get women applicants in computer science for graduate school: Good luck...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seltzer: Making An Impact in C.S. | 1/15/1997 | See Source »

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