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...efforts with several partners in the '90s bombed. "For 10 years we lost a lot of money," says Lau, who admits he has lost millions of dollars on poorly vetted projects. In 1996, he staked a small fortune on What a Wonderful Life, in which he played a terminally ill cancer patient who dies photographing an erupting volcano. "I really loved that movie," he says, "but the box office... ugh." Still, his track record improved considerably when he backed the critically acclaimed 1997 film Made in Hong Kong, which was directed by Fruit Chan...
Fortunately for Harvard, part of that excitement can now be easily attributed to the big kid who had the ill-fated burden of ending their season last year. The former unknown has already made great strides in making his mark both on the mound...
...CONVICTED. LESLEY MARTIN, 40, intensive-care nurse and prominent campaigner for voluntary euthanasia; for the attempted murder of her terminally ill mother in 1999; in Auckland. Police began investigating Martin after she self-published To Die Like a Dog, a book detailing the events that led to her mother's death. She faces up to 10 years in prison...
...record renouncing the organization's strident charter, especially the hard-liners who now dominate Hamas' board of directors. But last summer founder Sheik Yassin, in his elliptical way, sketched out for me how Hamas might consider a more accommodating solution. The sheik was cadaverously frail, and he had been ill for two weeks when I gained a brief audience at his house. His high-treble voice was so faint I had to lean awkwardly close to hear. But he remained the movement's ultimate authority. While he leveled boiler-plate criticism at the "racist" Israeli state and the religious rationale...
...retirement account, contributions are tax free and grow tax free. HSA withdrawals are also tax free, and there are no income limitations. The tax savings are enticing, but don't forget practical, everyday money needs, says Donald Overbey, a certified financial planner with American Express Financial Advisors in Northbrook, Ill. "See how it fits your cash flow, your cash-reserve position, and then check the tax benefits," he says. Unlike flexible-spending accounts (FSAS) offered by many companies, an HSA lets you keep any unused money, accumulating more tax-free savings. It's unclear, however, whether you can hold both...