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...still in the pipeline - make their way into the economy. With the Fed acting aggressively and the stock market having stabilized to some degree, there's a good chance that consumers will keep spending. Americans are notoriously slow to adjust their lifestyles when the economy slows - they'd rather borrow more to keep living the good life they've been living. So we could see the small falloff in spending reverse itself without too much prodding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'We May Be in a Contraction Right Now' | 5/25/2001 | See Source »

...victory this December but more importantly selling A-Bian, the plucky little A-student from Hsi-chuang. Only now he wants to be the popular kid instead of the smart kid, the one you want to hang out with rather than the one whose homework you want to borrow. Then he can lead, because if you like him you will trust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Chen the One? | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

...Sacramento's Woodbine Elementary who has logged 220 visits since the beginning of the program, lives in a suburb and ordinarily would not spend her after-school hours in a ZIP code where her pupils reside. The visits have been humbling. One family owned little furniture and had to borrow some folding chairs for Moff's visit; others welcomed her with sodas and snacks they'd been saving for a special occasion. "It's just a matter of changing the context of things because you know the children a little better and you've seen their soccer trophies," says Moff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Parents Drop Out | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

...York-based financial planner Melissa Levine says an IRA also gives you more flexibility. Instead of picking from a handful of mutual funds, an IRA offers infinite choices: stocks, bonds and funds. There are drawbacks: you can't borrow against your savings, as you can with a 401(k). But if you lose your job, you'll have to pay back any loans against your 401(k) anyway. If you don't, the loan amount is usually treated as an early distribution--that 10% penalty again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Cash Out | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

...difficult death. No one else may make this decision for the patient. There are far more differences than similarities between the Oregon experience and that of the Netherlands. Most of what occurs in the Netherlands under its euthanasia law would not be tolerated under the Oregon law. To borrow your phrase, Oregon is no "Hemlockland." ELI D. STUTSMAN, ATTORNEY Portland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 14, 2001 | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

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