Word: decentering
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...next three years should be in cash or cash equivalents such as the Vanguard Short-Term Treasury fund. Money needed in three to seven years is best parked in intermediate-term bonds or bond funds. Preferred stock as well as bonds convertible into stock fit here too, offering decent yields and, in the case of "converts," a shot at capital gains if the market shoots higher. Consider the Northern Income Equity fund. Some blue chips now offer dividend yields of 5%. For those in the top tax bracket, short-term tax-exempt municipal bonds and bond funds are a steal...
...close to losing even that. As Indian movies become glossier and younger, producers feel that extras should also be glossy and young. Members of the Junior Artists Association, living on the brink at the best of times, where owning a decent shirt can swing the job, have no place in this new cinematic order. The work is going instead to college kids hunting for pocket money or youngsters looking for modeling jobs. These newer, more glamorous extras are called "models." They may be more expensive, but producers feel they are worth the price. "If I need a scene...
...starts a downward spiral of guilt and self-loathing. Driven to distraction by a demanding, critical mother and a patronizing, "successful" younger sister, she begins making increasingly nasty prank calls to the payphone outside her window. Strangely, one of these results in a date with a decent guy. Will she see him again? It ends as she waits to find...
...come up with for family, friends and co-workers is that anxiety is a little like that nervous feeling you get the night before the first day of school, except you have it all the time. This illness has interfered with all aspects of my life, from getting a decent job to shopping for groceries. But I will fight this, no matter what. Who knows? I may even win. MELANIE HOLMES Robbinsdale, Minn...
...three examples. Rick Thoman of Xerox is one. Richard McGinn of Lucent is another. And Mike Armstrong of AT&T. I pointed out in all three cases that I didn't think the way they were operating the company was consistent with being able to execute. These are decent men, and I like them. I hope when all is said and done, they take it for the teaching value of it, rather than as a personal criticism...