Word: ageing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Florida's smoking judge concedes that criminalizing tobacco use could make it more glamorous. "That's a major concern when you're dealing with people this age," he says. But even if 15% to 20% of kids are persuaded to quit, he contends, the program will be a success. "I don't know what works," he admits. "But I figure that for a teenager, losing your license is like the death penalty...
When he died some weeks ago, of leukemia at age 77, I didn't say much either--just bowed my head. I went over to see his wife Jane, and again said little. I asked John's daughter Frances if I might have a picture of him, so that I could recall his tight, sweet-tempered face. She gave me the choice of the dashing John as a fighter pilot in World War II, the one with the goggles dangling from his neck, or the older John I knew, who sold real estate. I took the more recent shot...
Both plans invest mostly in stocks in the early years and slowly shift into bonds and money markets as your student nears college age. You get no say in this allocation. The impact of tax deferral is big. TIAA-CREF estimates that someone in the 28% tax bracket saving $5,000 a year and mimicking its investments in a taxable account could expect to accumulate $167,000 in 18 years. Deferring taxes and then paying them at 15% brings the total to $190,000. The state deduction, for those who qualify, pushes the nest...
Beware of "attained age" policies, which automatically increase in price as you get older. So-called community-rated policies may be more expensive at the outset, but they usually provide better value...
...week after visiting the House Judiciary Committee and appealing directly to the American people on matters both of substance ("There is no excuse for perjury. Never, never, never") and style (Starr confessed to having seen "any number of" R-rated movies), the special prosecutor was practicing the sort of age-of-Oprah personality politics of which his nemesis Bill Clinton, that great white whale of a President, is master. Not only is this ethically dubious on Starr's part; it's stupid: Would Ahab challenge Moby Dick to a swim meet? Would Leon Jaworski...