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...Patent and Trademark Office last month, the developer or homebuilder must give 20% of the purchase price to Herzberg's group as a fee for the put option - a payment that many developers may be reluctant to cough up. "20% is astronomically high!," says one analyst, who did not wish to be named. "What builder would give away 20% when they're doing 5% or 10% [pretax] margins? If they gave away 20% of the house price, they'd lose money on every house." He sees a 2% or 5% charge being more reasonable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Guarantee Against Losing Cash on Homes? | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...have the chance to experience it. There are many awesome opportunities at Harvard. That’s one of its greatest frustrations—not having enough time to take the classes you want to take. Now my kids are there and they can study all the things I wish I had had time to study...

Author: By TOBIAS S. STEIN and Logan R. Ury, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: 15 Questions with A. Carlton Cuse ’81 | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...words of comfort: "I’m confident we will all land on our feet.  And I’m certain that the experience will be an opportunity for us to find strength we didn’t know we had." We appreciate your optimism, and we wish you luck. All the same, for our own sakes, let's hope the H-bomb regains its power by the time it's our turn to don Crimson caps and gowns...

Author: By Keren E. Rohe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Recession Hits Harvard Law | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...didn't want [our son] to grow up thinking that our family was wrong or bad," said Vance, explaining that he hopes the nomenclature will help his son feel more accepted and make critics see how typical their family unit is. "I wish the opposition could spend one day at our house, where the dog pees on the carpet and we're worried about taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hurrying to the Altar on D.C.'s First Day of Gay Marriage | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...Amya’s fondest memories came at the age of four, when the Make a-Wish Foundation organized a family vacation to Disney World to go see Mickey Mouse and Goofy...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cheer Hosts Special Guest | 3/3/2010 | See Source »

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