For example, if a rich widower remarries a wealthy woman, the first wife's unused exemption is available only as long as the second wife is still alive, although it can be used to make gifts until her death.

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Our cover story profiles a wealthy Dutch woman whose vision of fine art led her to buck the prevailing taste of her time and amass one of the world's finest collections of Van Gogh.

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Polanski has been nominated for Oscars for directing "Rosemary's Baby" (1968), "Chinatown" (1974) and "Tess" (1980), an adaptation of "Tess of the d'Urbervilles, " the Thomas Hardy novel about a young peasant woman whose life collapses after a wealthy older man seduces her.

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Wealthy men recovering from life-threatening episodes had recognized the worth of an attractive younger woman with deft hands, an encouraging manner, and an intuitive knowledge of when to say nothing.

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