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...kick in, families in this income group often find themselves owing the government more than 50[cents] for each additional dollar they earn. "Some of the highest marginal tax rates are paid by people with low incomes," says one of Bush's economic advisers. "The Governor wants us to fix that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Bush Tax Tango | 8/9/1999 | See Source »

...Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, in print in the U.S.; young readers want the new one, and they want it now. In the Henderson-Nold household in Berkeley, Calif., Nick, 12, and Will, 10, were so desperate for the next fix that Nick and his mother, Susan Henderson, went straight to the Internet, where they struck gold. More than a month before the Prisoner of Azkaban was available even in Britain, the Henderson-Nolds had ordered it from amazon.com's British subsidiary, amazon.co.uk, for about $19, including shipping. The book landed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Abracadabra! | 7/26/1999 | See Source »

...temporary fix right now," he said. "They will correct the problem shortly...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMS Lab Building Evacuated | 7/23/1999 | See Source »

...temporary fix right now," he said. "They will correct the problem shortly...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Power Outage Leads to Evacuation of Medical School Building | 7/23/1999 | See Source »

...street corner in New York City at 5:30 in the morning hoping for a sign from above. No, I haven't lost my mind or my way--yet. I'm trying to help the little yellow gizmo I've hooked up to my notebook computer get a fix on my latitude and longitude using signals from a network of global-positioning satellites. Since the signals can't travel through walls, I'm stuck outside. Finally, a message pops up onscreen: "No GPS receiver has been detected." Grrr...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lost in Space | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

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