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...added bonus, they are starting to ponder their education and career strategies in light of what they have learned about how much it takes to maintain a certain lifestyle. It's information I wish I'd had when I graduated from high school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Downsizing At The Dinner Table | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

...farm animal. Many landowners have resorted to renting power-grazing goats to devour weeds and underbrush, thus improving soil quality and cutting down the risk of devastating brush fires. The nimble animals easily get into rocky, hilly and heavily forested terrain that machines can't navigate. And as a bonus, they'll even leave behind a hearty supply of "fertilizer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Low-Tech Solutions | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

...This master plan, if carried out to its logical conclusion, will yield a special bonus for Koizumi: it will end patronage politics, and effectively destroy the traditional LDP. That's exactly why the Old Guard will resist his reforms. It's a matter of survival. For now, they're playing their cards close to the chest. Their few attempts at publicly berating Koizumi have backfired; those who dared have been inundated with hate mail and nasty phone calls. Instead, they're poised to start chipping away at Koizumi's program. Already, the bureaucrats, many of them allied with the conservatives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's Destroyer | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

...wily Ergen, a Tennessee native and a onetime professional gambler, isn't giving up. His initial offer gave shareholders an 18% premium (that bonus decreased when EchoStar stock fell on the news), an amount that forced Hughes' management to take notice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Satellite Showdown | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

...have one European sofa, designed by the good Swedes at Ikea, swathed in the finest green cotton. Added bonus: Both armrests are adorned with charming cat-scratch marks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forget Brunei, I'm Gearing up for the Sale of the Century! | 8/17/2001 | See Source »

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