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...three. The latest versions are well tailored (often blended with Lycra), range in color from pastel pink to peacock blue, and boast sleeves and necklines the people at Hanes have probably never even considered. And needless to say, they don't cost $3.95. Women are buying them in bulk, for $25 to $60 apiece, to wear for work by day and more formal occasions at night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blue Collar No More | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

...systems themselves are yet another symptom of globalization. "Ever since you've had the move toward a single currency in Europe, there's been pressure from institutional investors for a Europe-wide trading system," says Hornik. "Previously, a Dutch pension fund, for example, was legally bound to keep the bulk of its investments in the same currency as its liabilities, i.e., Dutch guilders. The euro made it possible for them to invest across borders, which has been an inefficient and costly process as long as each country maintains its own bourse." The London-Frankfurt merger, which will later include...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bug That Spurred a Stock Market Merger | 5/3/2000 | See Source »

...wasn't that simple. I quickly learned that you shouldn't shovel a lot of bran into your system all at once. You get bloated and gassy and suffer abdominal cramps from the sudden onslaught of all that indigestible bulk. Once I got over the initial discomfort, though, my new breakfast ritual became routine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facts on Fiber | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

...possible danger of easy-to-use testosterone is that it might become a temptation to younger males looking to bulk up at the gym. Not many of them would be able to demonstrate the diminished T counts that would allow them to get it legally from their doctors, but the potential for a black market in AndroGel is not hard to imagine among teens and guys in their 20s--and older--who hear stories about a new substance stronger than the supplements available over the counter and easier to use than anabolic steroids that are injected. For teens in particular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are You Man Enough? | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

Since Megan's Law was introduced in 1994, public defenders have argued that its notification requirements were too far-reaching and that confidentiality guidelines were too lax. Although recent, more stringent specifications bulk up those safeguards by requiring recipients of identifying information to sign a pledge of confidentiality, they say that there is little that authorities can (or are willing to) do when that pledge is broken by anxious parents or school officials. Supporters of the notification process want the information to be made as widely available as possible - advocating, for instance, its posting on the Internet. They also point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does a Sex Offender Have a Right to Privacy? | 4/19/2000 | See Source »

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