Word: controller
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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THIS MAY BE DISAPPOINTING TO Democrats, who would like to gain control of the Senate...
...waking nightmare: a health issue that swamped the candidate's message and dominated the news just days before the first votes were to be cast. And Bradley had no one to blame for the timing but himself. By choosing not to disclose the episodes earlier, he had effectively ceded control of the issue, ensuring it would blow up whenever a reporter happened...
...there is such a thing as shining too much light on a subject. The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America studied commercial lighting and concluded that many companies use five times the amount of light necessary for effective marketing. "Business lights are out of control," says Nancy Clanton, a lighting designer who helped the I.E.S. draft new guidelines recommending that outdoor lighting be reduced as much...
After collecting coarse blankets and plastic cups, the guests report to their assigned cells. They're segregated by gender, and the men are led to Unit 3C, where an officer monitors 32 two-person cells from an elevated control center. There are no windows, only small, dim skylights. A concrete racquetball court adjoins the common room, which doubles as a cafeteria, and a visiting room is located on the second floor. Prisoners leave the unit only in case of an emergency...
...standard advice is to roll all 401(k) assets into a traditional IRA, thus avoiding any taxable distribution while gaining total control over your nest egg. In the long run, though, all such IRA money gets taxed as ordinary income, at rates up to 39.6%. By stripping out the employer shares and placing them in a taxable account, you change the math dramatically. There's an up-front tax hit: the "cost basis" of the employer shares--the amount the plan paid--gets taxed as ordinary income. But the increase in value isn't taxed until you sell the shares...