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...outpace inflation. Historically, real estate (entering a funk) and stocks (still trying to recover from the bust) have been the answer. They will be again one day. But the longer it takes for them to recover, the more you need in your nest egg before pushing the retirement button...
...NEWHART BUTTON-DOWN CONCERT...
Before he became the Jimmy Stewart--like gentleman of sitcom, Newhart was a stand-up sensation. His 1960 LP, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, went to No. 1 and won a Grammy for Album of the Year. The old bits, in which he would play one side of an increasingly strained conversation, still had their gentle, exasperated wit when he did them, word for word, in a 1992 Showtime special. "I know some of you know these routines by heart," he told his audience, "but it throws me off to watch your lips move along with mine...
...adjusting to a fake arm--thanks to certain modifications by prosthetist John Miguelez's team. Ralph had bit the dust, replaced by a more tapered, slightly lighter shell made of carbon fiber and acrylic resin. The modifications improved my range of motion and wardrobe--I could now button a dress shirt. But I was hardly wearing a second skin. The rigid shell chafed my forearm and got so hot in the summer that sweat dripped out of a small hole used...
...Baby Einstein vs. Barbie Overscheduled kids. Overprotective parents. They're hot-button media issues, but are they really the problems faced by most American families...