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...Fogg's 17th Century Dutch Drawings is an exhibit that warrants close examination. The fact that the works are small and delicate is both an asset and a drawback: the drawings' tiny details are intricate; yet on a busy day at the museum, viewers may not be able to get close enough to the works to appreciate them...
...that investors stay put -- either in the market or out of it. Small investors, says John Markese, president of the American Association of Individual Investors, "should close their eyes and wait it out." Many individuals have fled to the relative safety of diversified mutual funds, such as Fidelity's Asset Manager, which spreads out risk by investing in a mix of stocks, bonds and money-market instruments...
...tremendous asset to the program. She knows how we operate, our philosophy, and she is reinforcing this same system with the younger players," Caples says...
...Lady's image is cuddly and grandmotherly, Marilyn Quayle can seem hard, intolerant and combative. "I'm a great devil's advocate," she explained in an interview with TIME. "I can pierce holes through anything." Convention organizers will try to turn her tough-as-nails reputation into a political asset. Her midweek address on health care and education will mark the first time a Vice President's wife has ever given an actual convention speech. "The idea," said a planner, "is to show women voters that you can be a Republican and not just wear Talbots and pearls and join...
Although Gore's addition to the Democratic presidential ticket last week is a centrist political strategist's dream come true, the Vice Presidential candidate's renowned moderation was not a particularly great asset in the radical political scene at Harvard during his undergraduateyears...