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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...speed up once more. So it would be a wise precaution to decide that if the CPI rises more than 2% in a year, the COLA would go up half a point less. If the CPI rises 2.5%, pensions would go up 2%; a CPI increase of 5% would boost pensions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finance: How We Can Fix Social Security | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

...your head--but never so well made. Foraying onto the micro-dancefloor, Saint Etienne enlist the expertise of Trouser Enthusiast to mix beats for your pulse in "We're in the City." Sean O'Hagan's electronic wizardry also guest-stars in "52 Pilot," lending a signature High Llamasian boost to Cracknell's tingle-worthy vocals. The album is an uncontested gem, but with its lamentably few (six!) tracks, its value lies elsewhere than its size (the album's sex appeal is only good for a half-hour). Another exclusive track, "Garage for Gunther," is available only...

Author: By Phua MEI Pin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Album Review: Places to Visit by Saint Etienne | 5/7/1999 | See Source »

Student groups eager to boost their treasuries by screening films in the Science Center are frustrated by the unreliability of profit-making...

Author: By Harrel E. Conner jr., CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: High costs, low turnout force student groups out of the Science | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

Student groups eager to boost their treasuries by screening films in the Science Center are frustrated by the unreliability of profit making...

Author: By Harrel E. Conner jr., CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Movie Madness | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

...Hampshire, where McCain hopes the state's famously independent-minded Republicans will reward his independence, a poll last week showed him leapfrogging over some of the lower-tier G.O.P. candidates into third place behind front runners George W. Bush and Elizabeth Dole. The result has been a boost in direct-mail fund-raising receipts and a spike in interest among activists in key states. Until a few weeks ago, Pete Spaulding, a Republican who serves on New Hampshire's state executive council, was considering supporting Bush. Last week he went with McCain. "He doesn't say what other people want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The McCain Moment | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

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