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...Royce got interested in FSAS two years ago, when his wife bought a pair of glasses she didn't need solely to drain her FSA by year's end. Indeed, studies have shown that FSAS are a late-year boon to ophthalmologists: eye-care expenditures spike in the fourth quarter. If it's not eyes, it may be an extra dental cleaning or cosmetic surgery. "Use-it-or-lose-it is the worst of all economic incentives," Royce says. He holds out hope for his bill. President Bush last month approved FSAS for all federal employees, and he provides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inflexible-Spending Accounts | 10/17/2002 | See Source »

...said that she didn’t recommend writing a thesis, and that there was no reason everyone should be writing one,” says Gasgarth. “She said it’s a real drain on the faculty, and not to even consider asking her to advise [our theses...

Author: By Margaretta E. Homsey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crunch Affects Psychology Students | 10/15/2002 | See Source »

...shares a wall with an aging beer ad. A stuffed fish capers among vines of plastic grapes. The proprietress, gliding soundlessly over the warped wooden floor, serves me a refreshing bowl of o-mi (five-flavor) tea?sweet, sour, bitter, pungent, salty. Not unlike lemonade, I decide, as I drain the curious concoction of tea, tangerine slices, pine nuts, jubjubes and chunks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Spot | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

...These [file sharing] programs can literally drain the network bandwidth,” said Kevin S. Davis ’98, director of residential computing for Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services...

Author: By Drew A. Heckathorn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No Block On MP3 Downloads Planned | 10/3/2002 | See Source »

...misfired; a U.S. soldier was shot by a sniper; and in Gardez, two hours to the south, a video store was bombed and a rocket fired at U.S. special forces. These rocket attacks have become increasingly common, launched by timers as basic as a punctured water bucket fixed to drain at a measured speed and complete an electrical circuit, or as sophisticated as electrical boards rigged in Pakistan from VCR components and tripped by a mobile phone. Though the rocket arsenals are plentiful, the accuracy is far from guaranteed. And most Kabulis are probably grateful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Shortage of Suspects in Kabul Bombing | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

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