Word: currently
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Flint Center in Cupertino, obsessing. Tomorrow the auditorium will overflow with thousands of Apple loyalists; right now he's rehearsing the killer moment where he says, "Say hello to the new iMacs," and the machines glide out from behind the dark curtain and across the stage. But the current lighting leaves their translucence insufficiently vivid on the gigantic onstage screen. So Jobs wants the lights brighter and turned on earlier in the roll-out. The producer, Steph Adams, speaks into his headset, telling the backstage guys to yeah, just try it again, with the edgy tone of a man whose...
NAME: 'N Sync AVERAGE AGE: 22 OCCUPATION: Filling the void left by New Kids on the Block BEST PUNCH: After quarreling with its record label over money, announced intention to relocate to Jive Records, current home of Backstreet Boys...
...into your 401(k) account to pay current expenses, it will leave you less money to retire on. Why isn't the same true of the Social Security trust fund? First, because as a legal matter, Social Security payments are a government obligation completely unconnected to the size or existence of the trust fund. Congress may amend future benefits, and the size of the trust fund might influence its decision whether to do so. But neither the trust fund's size nor what the money is invested in is affected in any way by the government's non-Social Security...
...worrisome signs are cropping up. Among them: folks' getting sick earlier in the year. Six flu outbreaks occurred this summer, in contrast to just the occasional one in summers past. And though it hasn't spread, a new kind of flu virus has appeared in Hong Kong that current shots don't protect against. Be sure--starting around now--to get vaccinated anyway, particularly if you're elderly...
...approximate amount that college tuition and fees rose this school year, the lowest in four years 2.26% Current annual rate of inflation...