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PRODUCT Clauses in, or amendments to, marital agreements that guarantee a specific financial payment if one spouse's infidelity leads to divorce...
...Rudenstine said at the meeting that he had seen a number of proposals to allocate payment for the project and had deferred the decision to the deans of the faculties...
...fetuses. Both procedures are legal. They produce cells of incalculable value that would otherwise be discarded. Why not derive human benefit from them? Second, the National Institutes of Health guidelines issued last August take away any incentive to abort or otherwise produce embryos just for their useful parts: no payment for embryos and no dedication of embryonic cells for specific recipients (say, for injection into a sick family member). Finally, there is the potential benefit. Because embryonic stem cells can theoretically develop into any cell type in the body, they could cure all kinds of diseases, such as Parkinson...
BANK ON IT Large banks tend to reach deeper into your wallet than their smaller rivals. Even when inflation and larger firms' greater capital needs are discounted, big banks' ATM surcharges, checking fees and stop-payment orders squeezed you harder than others' in 1999, Federal Reserve analysts reported last month. Similarly, they found, multistate banks' fees generally outweighed those of single-state banks...
TIME WARP You may think a doctor's visit lasts about as long as it takes to say "co-payment," but a new study finds that the length of visits has actually gone up two minutes since 1989, to 18.3 min. today. Why? Patients know more these days, so they're more likely to chew up time asking questions. Moreover, with managed care, there's pressure on docs to compete for business--and spending time with patients is one way to win them over...