Word: commonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dirty little secret about euthanasia is that it's common in hospitals, hospices and nursing homes even in the 49 states where it's illegal. It just isn't talked about. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine this year found that 1 in 21 doctors surveyed had administered a lethal injection to end suffering. A doctor in the anonymous survey reported having done it 150 times...
...into (and sometimes even personally tailor) an exploding array of websites, information sources, entertainment options, cable channels and opinion outlets to suit their tastes and biases. What's gained is more personal empowerment and decentralized control. What may be lost is the bonds that come from sharing a common ground of ideas and experiences, and also the ease and comfort that come with conformity...
Henry Luce, the founder of this magazine, is to me a towering figure of this century because he understood these two strands: the value of a citizenry that shared a common ground of information, but also the individual empowerment that comes from new ways of disseminating ideas. That is one reason we wrestled (trying to ignore our own conflict of interest) with putting him on this list. Though he didn't get on in the end, his spirit permeates this issue and the entire TIME 100 series, which is guided by another of his principles: telling the history...
...keeps getting better. As you think about year-end tax moves, consider dropping some cash into a state-sponsored plan where money for college grows tax-deferred and may garner a fat state income tax exemption as well. This plan is relatively new and often gets confused with more common prepaid-tuition plans, in which you pay today and attend later--removing worries about higher tuition in the future. Savings plans are vastly different and in most cases superior because they are more flexible...
...Funds with very different names and objectives often hold the same stocks. Now, thanks to a new software program called Overlap ($150 a year; 800-683-7527), fund fanatics can ferret out duplication. Type in any two funds, and the program shows what percentage of stocks they hold in common and their overlap in various sectors like technology...