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Nothing provides a better testament to the past decade's growth binge than the headlong rise and subsequent stalling of home prices in Santa Clara County. From March 1985 to March 1990, the median price of homes zoomed from $125,000 to $235,000. Real estate appreciation ran at 3...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Gray Is My Valley | 11/18/1991 | See Source »

Well, you can't, but that's the beauty of it. By taking a nap, you trick yourself into believing that you have plenty of time. I mean, you'd have to be crazy to take a nap when you have a 20-page research paper due the next morning...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: The Art of Napping | 11/14/1991 | See Source »

In general, the explanations given by practitioners cannot be squared with the Western science of physiology. Indeed, the mumbo-jumbo accounts are enough & to turn a believing patient skeptical. Chiropractors speak of subtle misalignments or "subluxations" of the spine, but other doctors usually cannot detect them. Acupuncture concerns itself with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why New Age Medicine Is Catching On | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

Fitch, who also designs houses and furniture, makes the set and props an integral part of The Sweating Door Alarm. For example, the gray wall which serves as a backdrop is used to the fullest. Initially a wall of TV screens, it is transformed into a starry sky, covered in...

Author: By Sarah C. Dry, | Title: Montage of Different Realities | 10/31/1991 | See Source »

These scholars--who, Putnam suggested, were mostly Jews--had created "a climate of silence and fear of reprisal" in which scientists dared not openly admit to believing Blacks were genetically inferior to whites. Putnam even quoted professors who said they feared being denied tenure if they expressed their real views...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: PC Past and Present | 10/1/1991 | See Source »

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