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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...They] talked at length with students and emphasized that the students should not hesitate to call on the university for anything they need," said Yale spokesperson Tom Conroy...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Yale Senior Stabbed to Death Near College Campus | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...sense to invest in well-made plates that will last through several generations of college students. But why bother? Why enhance our dining experience? Sure, now my little salads and baked cod look almost worthy of a restaurant. But we are just college students eating in what others would call a cafeteria. Plastic suits me just fine, thanks...

Author: By Sarah Jacoby, | Title: Yearning for a Thrifty Life | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...uncle's modest fortune. The uncle, amiably gaga and perversely vigorous, lived on and on, through his 80s, into his 90s. His round-the-clock medical care ate through the money. My friend gnashed his teeth and lived on baked beans. How he longed to put in a call to Dr. Jack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time For The Ice Floe, Pop | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...makeup remover, it is one that more and more merchants are aiming to achieve. From department stores to specialty chains to boutiques, retailers are deciding that the way to get customers into the stores is to make the shopping environment less forbidding, more theatrical and more fun. Some call it "retail-tainment" and hope it will counter the rising threat from Internet shopping sites, low-priced outlet malls and the feeling among time-pressed shoppers that fighting your way through the crowds (particularly during the busy holiday season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That's Retail-tainment! | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...traditional" Medicare coverage, in which you choose your doctor and pay certain deductibles for hospitalization and a 20% co-payment on other services. By law, your soon-to-be-ex HMO must inform you of alternative HMOs. But it's still up to you to call those HMOs and see whether they offer a plan that's right for you--say, one that covers prescription drugs (as traditional Medicare does not). Don't wait until the last minute to do this because the best HMOs are likely to fill up fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicare Woes | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

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