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...absolutely cannot underestimate the vital role the name of a theatrical space plays in its ranking. To those savvy in Harvard theater (and even to those not), the knowledge that a show will be performed on the Loeb Mainstage earns untold respect. Truly, the compound noun "mainstage" says...
...protected by the First Amendment. Furthermore, he asks, just because this application of the program is criminal, does that make the program itself criminal? U.S. District Court Judge Lewis A. Kaplan thought so. He wrote, in an occasionally impassioned 93-page ruling, that "the excitement of ready access to untold quantities of information has blurred in some minds the fact that taking what is not yours and not freely offered to you is stealing." Napster, are you listening...
...reluctant but potentially damaging witness for the prosecution. It's not hard to understand his reticence - this guy probably thought he'd head in to the sperm bank, make his deposit and high-tail it out of there, check in hand and heart filled with thoughts of untold numbers of happy babies with his nose and hairline. And lo and behold, years later he's dragged into a court battle. Part of the problem, as far as Donor 276 is concerned, is that there are no laws establishing the privacy rights of anonymous sperm donors - and just as Oregon courts...
That, however, fails to account for the untold number of businesses that get sold prior to an owner's death--precisely to avoid the estate tax. By selling before death, a small-business owner may avoid the death tax in exchange for paying a capital-gains tax at a rate of just 20%. Proceeds from the sale remain subject to the estate tax, but liquid assets are far more easily sheltered through trusts, charitable contributions and annual gifts...
...Today story, debate rages over whether this newly sloganized "insist and assist" attitude - set the standards and bend over backward helping everybody get through - constitutes a lowering of the bar or an enlightenment of philosophy. In the age of push-button wars and untold desk jobs, isn't the Army just being smart by being patient? Or is a 10 percent failure rate - from serious injury or mental incompatibility, usually - an insult to the supposed test of mettle that boot camp was once supposed...