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...UUNet and PSINet, AMS and UUcom, commercial titans of the new Washington. You can't miss the new-economy entrepreneurs in their Lexuses and Land Rovers doing deals on cell phones as they zip around I-66 and Routes 7, 50 and 123. And you certainly can't avoid the traffic. Fifteen years ago, Fairfax, Loudoun and Arlington counties in northern Virginia were nothing but sleepy residential communities and remote farmland, places to drive through on the way to Dulles Airport or concerts at Wolf Trap or camp sites near Front Royal. Now this 1,400-sq.-mi. area...
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...
Nobody in public life, certainly no candidate, talks that way anymore because this is a time of self-protective thinking. Candidates play defensive baseball to avoid errors, which is the surest way to make them. It is regarded as unsophisticated to discuss the fundamental nature of the country--either demonstrated or wished for--so stump speeches consist of exquisitely balanced references to particular problems. Centrist politics leads to guarded expression...
...meantime, follow these commonsense rules: Stay out of the sun. Cleanse and moisturize your face every morning and evening. Often that's all you need to do to plump up those keratinocytes. If you have sensitive, dry skin, avoid products that contain vitamin A or hydroxy acids. Don't smoke. Use hydroxy acids sparingly. Whatever you do, don't get obsessive. There are worse things than sprouting a few crow's feet or age spots. Just remember that nobody ever died of a wrinkle...
...pretend we don't really go to Harvard, in some sort of bizarre modesty or insecurity about what that means about us. Maybe we just don't want to associate ourselves with all the Harvard stereotypes--it's not important, the point is that we all avoid the "H-bomb...