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A viatical is not another impotence wonder drug. Rather, a viatical (from the Latin viaticum, a payment given to Roman officials before embarking on a journey) is a way for a terminally ill or elderly person (the viator) to get money before he dies by selling his life-insurance policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making A Killing | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

As the number of would-be viators has increased, the industry has gone into hard-sell mode, promising fail-safe, above-market returns. The harsh reality, though, is that investors are in some measure betting on the death of the sellers. If the person whose policy you buy dies in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making A Killing | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

BORN Jan. 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, N.Y. 1921 Contracts polio 1928-32 Governor of New York 1933-45 Becomes President; enacts New Deal; enters U.S. in World War II 1945 Attends Yalta Conference; dies April 12

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME 100: Who Should Be the Person of the Century? | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

Parents can attempt to discourage tattooing and piercing by explaining the health risks of infection or blood-borne diseases, but remember that kids are armed with something grownups will never have--the invincible confidence of youth. That is what makes them such good skateboarders and roller-coaster riders. So after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Not Tattoo? | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

1874 Born Nov. 30 in Oxfordshire, England 1911-15, 1939-40 First Lord of the Admiralty 1940-45, 1951-55 Prime Minister of Britain 1964 Retires 1965 Dies in London

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME 100: Who Should Be the Person of the Century? | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

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