Word: deale
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...current problems that are the result of overpopulation, from the mundane (increased traffic congestion) to the catastrophic (the worldwide AIDS epidemic, shortages in freshwater). Watchdog groups like Zero Population Growth point out that birth rates are actually rising in many developing nations, which do not have the resources to deal with such a situation. They also contend that no matter how sharply birth rates are reduced, the world population will continue to grow for another century merely because older generations are not dying as quickly as younger ones are being born...
...boxes," says TiVo CEO and cofounder Mike Ramsay. "We're going to build it into television sets and DVD players...It will eventually get embedded into every device." Ultimately, several companies will manufacture the boxes under license. Philips currently makes TiVo's box, and this month TiVo signed another deal with Sony; Replay has a similar agreement with Panasonic...
...have to build a long pier to cross the marsh. He's asking $20,000 for it, and even as Hurricane Floyd approached last week, Taylor was fielding calls from prospective buyers who had read his classified ad in out-of-state newspapers. "They know a good deal when they see it," he says...
...money held in tax-deferred accounts like a 401(k), this isn't a big deal. But more than half of all stock-fund assets are in taxable accounts, where the annual distribution is a long-standing sore point. Fund managers can minimize the hit by cutting down on trades, but with this year's heavy redemptions, even tax-conscious managers can't avoid a deadly double whammy...
...example, the 22-year-old Macedonian King Alexander charged with his cavalry into the ranks of Persian forces at the Granicus River in what is now Turkey. A Persian soldier clubbed Alexander with an ax, but before he could deal a second and fatal blow, the King's bodyguard killed...