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...taxes, while waiting until January to pay the bill. Donate appreciated stock or mutual-fund shares by Dec. 31. If you have owned them more than a year and the value has gone up, you can deduct the full market value on the date of the gift and avoid paying tax on the capital gains...
...Racicot, a Siebel director, followed up with a phone call to Ridge. Racicot says it is "insulting" to suggest his political role might help his lobbying. "I've never found that a bad argument and a good relationship carried the day," he tells TIME. He promises "heightened sensitivity" to avoid appearing to put the interests of his business clients over those of the President. It's a pledge likely to be tested...
...avoid future problems, Santana now has sheriffs on duty and a tip line kids can call. The wounded students have since recovered, and shared in a fund set up for them and the families of the two who died. Mari Gordon-Rayborn, whose son Randy was killed, attended in June what would have been his graduation. She wore his cap and gown...
...sensibilities matured over the decades, Berlin adjusted some songs to avoid offense. The 1927 "Shakin' the Blues Away" begins: "Every darkie believes that trouble won't stay if you shake it away." Later it was changed to "Everybody believes..." "Puttin' on the Ritz" was originally about Manhattan whites going uptown: "Why don't you go where Harlem sits/ Puttin' on the Ritz/ Spangled gowns upon a bevy/ Of high browns from down the levee/ All misfits/ Puttin' on the Ritz." By the time Fred Astaire sang the tune in 1946, it had become another of Berlin's twittin'-the-rich...
...school would also help, as would annual medication reviews. But for now, seniors may have to fend for themselves. They should never change prescriptions without consulting their physicians, but they should feel free to question their doctors if they find themselves taking medications from the list of drugs to avoid...