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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...small, 10 to 15 people - possibly so they would fly under regulator radar, victims now tell me. Brighton, it turns out, fed the money into Madoff. I'd sit next to Stanley at year-end holiday parties and, knowing my family's money was in his hands, I'd ask: "How're things going with the arbitrage?" The answer was always, "Life is good." Things have changed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Is Bernie Madoff? Many Investors Didn't Ask | 12/23/2008 | See Source »

...celluloid world of romantic comedies, shy but decent men get the girl, arguments set up sweet reconciliations, and couples separated by tragedy are always reunited through improbable coincidence. But now researchers are beginning to ask whether the make-believe world projected in "rom-coms" might actually be preventing true love in real life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Romantic Movies Bad For You? | 12/23/2008 | See Source »

...talking while wearing your good clothes. It's like 11 straight months of being in church when you're the preacher's kid - with long car rides in between. It's torture on adults, let alone children. But it's worse for boys. Try this experiment: next month ask your son to be on his best behavior in front of other people, from now until November...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: White House Family Values: Where Are the Boys? | 12/23/2008 | See Source »

...tough times like these, it would be nice to have a bit of that harmless White House mischief. And the Obamas are still a young couple. With ready access to government-sponsored childcare. No pressure of course, but would it be too much to ask to give the ol' dice another roll? Maybe you can't campaign with a son, but it sure sounds like fun to try and govern with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: White House Family Values: Where Are the Boys? | 12/23/2008 | See Source »

...northerners feel the South - supposedly the last bastion of red, patriotic values - is being hypocritical by bending over backward for Germans and Japanese at the expense of U.S. companies. To make the point, a retired GM engineer this month set up a website called boycottalabamanow.com. But southerners ask who the hypocrites really are. "When the textile industry went down in the South and we were accused of being behind the times, we didn't ask for a bailout - we just had to reinvent ourselves," says John Jeter, a South Carolina author whose family owns a small chain of auto parts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detroit's Fall Gives Power to Rival Dixie | 12/22/2008 | See Source »

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