Word: arens
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Though the national economy remained in a depressed state until the war broke out, the massive programs of the New Deal had stopped the precipitous slide and provided an economic floor for tens of millions of Americans. "We aren't on relief anymore," one woman noted with pride. "My husband is working for the government." The despair that had hung over the land was lifted, replaced by a bustling sense of movement and activity, a renewed confidence in the future, a revived faith in democracy. "There is a mysterious cycle in human events," Roosevelt said when he accepted his party...
...course, not all Y2K troubles are of the man-made variety. Plenty of people believe that 2000 means the end of a lot more than just your operating system, and in The Rapture, writer-director Michael (The Player) Tolkin seriously wonders if maybe they aren't right. Starring Mimi Rogers back when she was better known as Mrs. Tom Cruise and a pre-Mulder David Duchovny, the film takes a long, serious look at the possibility that the Book of Revelation is literally correct. Rogers is great as the born-again mother whose crisis of faith causes...
...more than 5,000 love-it-or-leave-it, multitasking nomads. Ask the average Amazon employee for his or her business card. He will stammer and pat his pockets, explaining that, well, his number changed; she has a new job title; their group just moved; the new cards aren...
...Amazon work ethic. "You have to prove yourself," says Edwards, 30, who came here from a print shop. "But once they notice that you're on time, hardworking and consistent, good things happen. Some people are really motivated," he says, as a headphoned airhead ambles by. "Others aren't motivated at all. And they usually don't last long...
Folks who suffer from heart disease are often advised to take a daily aspirin to prevent future problems. Simple enough. But now, astonishingly, research suggests that more than 1 million patients aren't swallowing aspirin at all. Instead, they're taking Tylenol, Advil and other painkillers. That's bad. Aspirin works by preventing platelets from sticking together. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) has no effect whatsoever on platelets, and ibuprofen (Advil and others) helps unstick platelets, but only for short periods of time...