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...ripe for a wave of premium-priced takeovers by big companies using their stratospheric stock prices as currency. Some foreign markets also look attractive. These conditions have been in place for a while; patience is the value investor's cross to carry. Dow 10,000 probably won't alter many investing habits. But that big number has me thinking small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Divided by 10,000 | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...discovery that would change the course of history. The active ingredient in that mold, which Fleming named penicillin, turned out to be an infection-fighting agent of enormous potency. When it was finally recognized for what it was--the most efficacious life-saving drug in the world--penicillin would alter forever the treatment of bacterial infections. By the middle of the century, Fleming's discovery had spawned a huge pharmaceutical industry, churning out synthetic penicillins that would conquer some of mankind's most ancient scourges, including syphilis, gangrene and tuberculosis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bacteriologist ALEXANDER FLEMING | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...construction will affect Harvard Shuttle Services, which will be forced to alter its shuttle routes for the next several months. The street has been closed from its intersection with Quincy Street to the intersection with Everett Street, north of the Science Center...

Author: By Kirsten G. Studlien, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Structural Flaws Close Oxford St. To Auto Traffic | 3/26/1999 | See Source »

...from the ability to connect with another person independently, outside of a group, and from the excitement of finding out what that person might be able to contribute to your life and you to his or hers, whether it's just someone to exercise with or someone who will alter your future dreams. But to find that friendship, you have to be ready--and willing--to float...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Secure Your Flotation Device | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

...least some cinematic progress with 1993's Academy-award winning film "Philadelphia." But this movie's success only illustrated that audiences across the nation were finally prepared to sympathize with a dying homosexual AIDS patient. Love had not yet entered the picture. And now, almost a decade later, screenwriters alter history and studios still shy away from a homosexual love story because of fear that it won't sell...

Author: By Jordana R. Lewis, | Title: Shakespeare in Love with a Man | 3/16/1999 | See Source »

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