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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Senior Sarah Bradberry sits on the floor, reading The Whipping Boy for her children's literature class. She scribbles answers to questions printed on purple paper, homework she should have done over the weekend. The class, she says, is easy. All the students do is interpret books written at third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monday | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

MUTUAL-FUND TAX DODGE On average, domestic mutual funds lose 2.5% of their total returns to capital-gains taxes, and few companies advertise their aftertax performance. Vanguard has become the first big firm to do so; others may follow. Until then, tax-minded investors--those investing outside an IRA or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Oct. 25, 1999 | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

There they were, face to face, a pair of legends. Carlos Santana, guitar god, spiritual guy and Woodstock vet, whose once great career was sagging, and Arista Records whiz Clive Davis, who signed the 52-year-old axman just when it looked as if Santana's next starring gig might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Fire This Time | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

VOX POPULI What will Bill Clinton do when he's out of office? Maybe he'll tool around Voxcap.com The new website is a wonk's dream. Not only is it a forum for policy discussion on national issues, it also points you toward activist organizations like the Sierra Club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Oct. 25, 1999 | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

At 33 and after nearly a decade of teaching, Yates is worried about going stale. Before school started, he trashed much of the material he had gathered over the years. He makes himself do the same homework he assigns his students. At least two or three times a semester, he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thursday: 10:52 P.M. Astronomy | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

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