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Byline: Ronald F. Graham Parties to commercial contracts as well as to service agreements and other contractual relationships often seek an alternative means to resolve disputes in avoidance of litigation. [...]

CD-ROM is an optical disk technology that is very useful to job seekers. The CD-ROM offers vast storage potential - a typical disk can hold the contents of 1,200 standard 5.25-inch floppy disks - and users only need a microcomputer, a CD-ROM drive, a controller and a printer. CD-ROM is a relatively inexpensive technology, and job seekers can find the technology available in many public, corporate and academic business libraries. Librarians can generate lists of job leads quickly and inexpensively, and job seekers can create their own personalized job banks with relative ease.

North Carolina's Fair Sentencing Act of 1979 emphasized the need to reduce sentence disparities and since the statute lacked any enforcement mechanism judges reverted to earlier practices within five years. The new lengthened and guided judicial choices among 'intermediate and community' punishments for lesser crimes and tight controls on judges made it possible to match corrections resources to sentencing practices.

A new stereotype of the nation's elders is sweeping Washington, with ominous implications for public policy. The old stereotype lumped senior citizens into a homogeneous mass - frail, impotent, poor, […]

In the budget debate, we're obsessively told that reductions in the Social Security cost-of-living adjustments hold the key. But COLA cutters - especially advocates of 'generational equity' - don't tell […]

Here Congress goes again, playing Robin Hood in reverse. In the guise of solving Federal deficits now approaching $200 billion a year, Congress is on the threshold of enacting a […]

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "School Athletes Often Lack Adequate Protection" in the April 19, 2016 issue, "A Growing Sign of Longer Life" in the April 19, 2016 issue, and "Do Honeybees Feel?," in the April 19, 2016 issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "What the Church Teaches About "Big" Government," in the October 11, 2009 issue, "Catholic Leaders Optimistic About Health Care," in the September 27, 2009 issue and "Pursuing Holy Grail of Pro-Life Legislative Agenda," in the October 4, 2009 issue.

Focuses on the management of charitable remainder trusts (CRT). Benefits of CRT in estate planning; Tax advantages of the trust; Distinction between charitable remainder unitrusts and charitable remainder annuity trusts.

Presents tips on how to design an incentive scheme for deserving employees. Identification of deserving employees; Understanding their individual needs; Preparation of retirement plans.

The article provides answers to a question regarding the financial accounting standard with the biggest impact including the Auditing Standards Update (ASU) 2009-13, the ASU 2011-04, and the Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 740-10.

Discusses the trend of long-term care insurance in the U.S. Coverage of Medicare and Medigap insurance; Expenses of nursing and health-care; Inclusion of inflation rider.

Discusses guidelines on how to use nonqualified retirement plans to retain key employees. Overview of the plan; Drawbacks of the plan; Primary advantage of funding with corporate-owned life insurance.

Discusses the potential impact of rising interest rates on life insurance policy performance in the United States. Keys to measuring policy performance; Concerns of individuals using `vanishing premium' payment design regarding lower interest rate crediting; Suggestion to periodically review life insurance policy performance.

Provides tips on succession planning in family-owned businesses. Importance of understanding parents' concerns; Areas of concern regarding taxes; Ways of transferring ownership of the family business.

Presents a letter to the editor published in the September 19, 1990 issue of the periodical 'The Chronicle of Higher Education,' regarding the melancholy of the article 'Sculptured Lives of Quiet Desperation.'

Discusses the concept of foundation, an entity that is established to engage in charitable activities rather than business for profit. Forms of foundations; Purpose of setting up a foundation; Steps in forming a foundation.

Presents a letter to the editor about the significance of the delivery system of the periodical "The Chronicle of Higher Education" to readers in Hawaii.

A letter to the editors is presented in response to the article "College Sports Actually Make Money or So a Controversial Formula Shows," by Michael J. Cusack in the April 20, 1983 issue.

Presents a letter to the editor in response to the article "The Business of Some Publishers Is Business--and It Can Be Risky," by Joseph J. Marcelle in the January 19, 1983 issue.

Offers advice on the valuation of one's business. Instances when one needs to know the value of one's company; Definition of the fair market value of a business interest; Business transfers; Valuation discounts.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "The Transformation of History Into an Academic Discipline Has Diminished Its Role," by Theodore S. Hamerow in the July 6, 1988 issue.

A letter to the editor is presented responding to the article "Academic Geography," published in the April 20, 1988 issue.

The author calls on higher education officials and administrators in the United States to make geography a vital science and discipline. Citizens need to acquire geographically-oriented views of the United States and the rest of the world. The study of geography enables people to understand the scientific, cultural, political and emotional mysteries of the earth and the ways human beings reshape physical and human geography.