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...down a Vietnamese road, or a bloodied American being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu. Last Friday afternoon, in the Piazza Alimonda in Genoa, Italy, a photographer caught a young man getting ready to hurl a fire extinguisher at a police Land Rover trapped against a wall. Inside the van, a police officer can be seen aiming a pistol at the demonstrator. One, possibly two shots were fired; Carlo Giuliani, 23, the son of a labor union official from Rome, fell, bleeding through his ski mask from a wound to the head. The van ran him over as it backed...
...when you have to walk (hike) up Bruin Walk and back to your dorm (after climbing the 76 steps that lead up to it). This spoiled Harvard student thought she might check out the Northwest campus shuttle, running conveniently between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. The van, which almost never shows up, takes about 20 minutes to complete a five-minute drive, complemented by a cranky driver who hates the fact that he’s making life easier for a few students. This option is not recommended. Simply remind yourself that exercise is a good thing...
...billion Dutch mega-chain Royal Ahold. Having a Dutch uncle has won Peapod its first operating profit since the high-tech home-delivery service was founded in 1989. It expects to be fully profitable by 2003, partly because it curtailed its early ambitions. "We got too big," says Marc van Gelder, a former Ahold executive who is Peapod's ceo. "Now we're staying east of the Mississippi"--and binding the company tightly to Ahold-owned stores and distribution centers...
...David Van Biema. Reported by Marc Hequet/St. Paul, Julie Rawe/ New York and Cathy Booth Thomas/Dallas
Some tax pros have been angling for ways to reset the meter without moving. Philip Holthouse, a partner at the Los Angeles tax firm Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt, says you can do that by setting up a trust and selling the house to your adult children. Future gains will accrue to family members tax free, and it may help in estate planning too. He warns, though, that children without income cannot take advantage of the mortgage deduction, which may be worth more than any capital-gains tax saving. Another option is to sell your house and lease it back with...