Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Karyn and I drove to Dartmouth with no paper maps, only digital ones. I'd picked Map 'n' Go over the competition because it was reasonably priced ($29, or $150 with Earthmate), created fairly simple-looking routes and gave instructions in a computer-generated voice. Had I made a big mistake...
...Soccer, which expires soon. Some team players earn less than $30,000--coffee money for a male professional. Says Steinbrecher, sounding like a negotiator: "We can't afford to pay them what we think they're worth." He may just have to try a little harder. Welcome to the big time, ladies...
...that it can take five years or more for basic research--which is to say, experiments performed in test tubes or on laboratory animals--to be turned into safe and effective drugs. And that's only if there are no major setbacks or surprises. More often than not, these big advances in basic research don't go anywhere at all. So when I read a report in the journal Nature last week about a possible breakthrough in Alzheimer's research, I found myself once again negotiating a tightrope between real promise and false hope. One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer...
...trip to Cuba this week by TOM DONOHUE, president of the powerful, Republican-leaning U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Donohue's party will include CRAIG FULLER, George Bush's vice-presidential chief of staff, and it also has the blessing of staunchly conservative Republican SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL of Nebraska. These big G.O.P. names should provide political cover for the White House and particularly AL GORE. The Administration is currently expanding unofficial links to Havana, but is worried about opposition from many anti-Castro Cuban-American voters...
MIGHTY MICROS Mutual funds that generally invest in companies valued at less than $500 million have not exactly been star performers these past few years, buried by raging big caps. But it may be time to get small. The average micro-cap fund surged 19.8% in the first six months of 1999, up from last year's measly gain of 1.4%. That's almost double the return of the average diversified stock fund. Micro-caps are even beating out the Standard & Poor's 500 index. Micro- caps' relatively low price-to-earnings ratios have made them increasingly attractive. And they...