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...certainly handled well all the curveballs thrown at her in college...
Just FYI about the future: Since Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) was elected, politics has changed tremendously. With the requirements of residency and political experience thrown out, all you need to get elected anywhere is to be famous and have a reputation for being intelligent. Since Clinton's election, Marilyn Vos Savant, Stephen Hawking and Dr. Dre (street smarts) have all been elected to the House from Utah. Alex Trebek is King of Canada...
...onlookers--from channel surfers to Washington watchdogs--to turn away in disgust. Jeffrey Chester, executive director of the Center for Media Education, a Washington advocacy group, says, "Disney and Time Warner deserve a consumer award. They have taken an issue that was the preserve of techies and lobbyists and thrown it onto the front page...
...which got the big thumbs-down. "That is so stupid," said Alexis, 16, to nods all around. And they didn't like anything that slows you down, like the mandatory registration on Kibu or the jumbled look of Gurl, which made the site feel like "everything is cluttered and thrown together," said Rabiyah...
...trust but retain the right to live there for a set number of years. After the term expires, you presumably move to Florida. But you can also elect to rent the house as long as you like. You must survive the original term, though, or the house gets thrown back into your estate. The advantage: when you set up the trust, it amounts to a gift at discounted value. A $1 million house in a 10-year QPRT counts only as $379,320 against your lifetime exclusion. The discount applies because heirs who receive the house...