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...course, you can plan your retirement to the last detail, but it won't be any fun at all if you're not flexible. New needs can arise, old habits can be broken, and a relationship can evolve. For many couples, these years are what you've spent the rest of your lives working toward. And after all that planning and hard work, your first priority should be to enjoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Half-Retired | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

Directors exhaust superlatives extolling Hoffman's craft. "He's extraordinarily committed to infinitesimal detail," says Schumacher. "I don't think there's anything he can't do," raves Minghella. Adds Solondz: "Whatever genius is, he has it. He's fearless. I love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing the Margins | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...Taylor shopping bags. They sit in front and speak in faux-British accents. They talk of Boston and the Square, at a volume sufficient to drown out most of my other conversations. Finally, the driver surrenders; "What brings you to Boston?" he asks. The blonde begins to detail their vacation. The loudest of the four, a bandanna tied around her short dark curls, turns to a third and exclaims, "OOOOOH, YES! We have engaged the bus in conversation!" Hmph. Actually, I didn't say anything. But I should have known they'd be trouble; those who know board by Holyoke...

Author: By Lisa J. Powell, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Diary of a Bus | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...think for a second that this man does not have a treasure-trove of memories from his first three years. He can recall every detail of his first start--replacing the injured Jay Snowden '96 against Holy Cross in 1996--even right down to the wind speed at Fitton Field...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rich Linden | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...muttered the phrase "Tawakilt ala Allah" ("I put my faith in God" or "I entrust myself to God") before turning off the auto-pilot, putting the plane into a headlong dive and turning off the engine when the captain tried to climb out of the death plunge. A chilling detail was added by a law enforcement source who told the AP that the man prefaced the religious phrase by saying "I made my decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blame Our Guy? Not So Fast, Say Egyptians | 11/17/1999 | See Source »

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