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Congress is about to make life a lot tougher--and more expensive--for people like the Trapp family of Plantation, Fla. As if their life isn't hard enough already. Eight-year-old Annelise, the oldest of the three Trapp children, is a bright, spunky, dark-haired wisp who suffers from a degenerative muscular condition. She lives in a wheelchair or bed, is tied to a respirator at least eight hours a day, eats mostly through a tube and requires round-the-clock nursing care. Doctors have implanted steel rods in her back to stem the curvature of her spine...
...Yale's a tougher team outdoors," Taylor said. "They have a girl who wasn't winning much before who's now winning everything. It's amazing how one good person can get you so many points...
...Tougher disclosure laws in countries like France and Germany would go a long way toward easing public suspicion of stock-option grants. It would also bring those countries closer to the more transparent corporate practices of the U.S.--a prospect, admittedly, at which many Europeans still bristle. As the equity-driven start-up wave of the new economy hits the Continent, the use of options by European businesses is bound to increase. And the larger debate will continue to rage: In a time of near ludicrous stock valuations, does anyone really deserve the fortunes gained through stock options...
...Australian male's idea of foreplay? A. "You awake?") But when it comes to salt-of-the-earth heroes, it's hard to go past a bloke who, like Crowe, says his last heartbreak was brought on by the death of a really good cow. Do they come any tougher than that...
...like picking classes all over again. There are simply too many attractive choices, spanning a range from the familiar a cappella jams and orchestra concerts to the lesser-known stylings of Lowell House's Senegalese drummers and the Madrigal Quintet. For Shakespeare fans, though, the choice is even tougher, as this weekend and the next will see four different productions of the Bard's work going up around campus. The upcoming shows offer perspectives ranging from a minimalist treatment of Romeo and Juliet to an elaborate staging of Trollius and Cressida as a post-apocalyptic desert rave...