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...Reserve’s latest attempts to rescue the economy abound. Most Americans are antsy. A lack of financial literacy has only exacerbated this mood. Until the federal government takes an active role in the basic economic education of its constituents, things will not get any easier. From Warren Buffet to Joe the Plumber, the economic vitality of the United States is a source of concern whether one seeks to prosper or to secure a leisurely retirement...

Author: By Patrick Jean Baptiste | Title: Ignorance is Not Bliss | 1/25/2010 | See Source »

That seems like a fair requirement. It's hard enough to maintain your weight in the all-you-can-eat buffet that is the modern world. The least the health-conscious should be able to expect is a fair reading of what they're eating - and they can take responsibility from there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dieters Beware: Calorie Counts Are Frequently Off | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

When we got to the conference room at the Crowne Plaza in Edison, N.J. - perhaps the perfect adult analogue to being in high school - the people who worked for Reunions Unlimited Inc. asked me for $244 in cash. This seemed like a lot for a bad buffet, Coors Light and finding out what people I knew as teenagers look like, how many kids they have and what they do for a living. When Reunions Unlimited Inc. came up with its pricing plan, it was clearly unaware of Facebook. Or the career paths of people who went to public school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slow Times At My 20th High School Reunion | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...Cantabs prey on bad feelings and depression like Santa Claus goes to town on a cookies ‘n’ milk buffet. The forecast for The Game 2009 is 56 degrees and sunny. Faced with all the smiles and happiness that a chipper town like The Have inspires, Harvard doesn’t stand a chance...

Author: By John Song, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: YALE: Why the Bulldogs Will Win on Saturday | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

...weeks before it started, ordered government and tourism agencies not to do anything to promote or support it after activists presented him with a petition opposing the conference that contained more than 82,000 signatures. Thailand's state-run tobacco monopoly withdrew its exhibitions and sponsorship of a buffet breakfast for industry representatives just days before the conference began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thai Protesters Smoke Out Tobacco Execs | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

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