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...Berlin never topped the work he did for Astaire on three 30s film musicals; neither did anyone else. The 13 Berlin songs Astaire sang and recorded from "Top Hat," "Follow the Fleet" and "Carefree" all landed in the pop charts' top 15. Three ("Cheek to Cheek," "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket," "Change Partners") got to #1. Two others ("Top Hat, White Tie and Tails," "Let Yourself Go") hit #2. "Isn't This a Lovely Day" reached #3. And all have lingered like a perfume that never goes stale. The range and artistry, the vigor and virtuosity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: A Berlin Bio-pic | 12/30/2001 | See Source »

...local paper, Gumbinger cautions. Smaller institutions such as credit unions and savings and loan associations often have the best rates, in part because they don't spend much on advertising and instead rely on word of mouth to bring customers to their doors. In Albany, N.Y., for example, megabank Fleet Boston is offering a rate of prime plus 1.25%, while tiny Troy Savings is offering prime minus 1% (currently 3.75%) for the first six months, then prime plus zero. Generally, interest on the first $100,000 of a home-equity line of credit is tax deductible as long as your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Kind of Layoff Insurance | 12/24/2001 | See Source »

...outstroking Martina Hingis and Kim Clijsters to take the Australian and French Opens and reached No. 1 in the world rankings for three weeks. Despite Lindsay Davenport's lastminute reclaiming of the ace spot, the International Tennis Federation named Capriati 2001 world champion, alongside Australian superstar Lleyton Hewitt. 3. Fleet of foot Africa's athletes ran off with 24 medals at the World Championships in Edmonton. The men took every distance race from 1,500 m up while the continent's women notched victories at 400 m, 800 m, 10,000 m, 400-m hurdles and the high jump. Outstanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sports | 12/24/2001 | See Source »

...Pakistani paper's second editorial raises some pertinent concerns about President Bush's decision to abrogate the ABM treaty. It warns that deploying a missile shield will spur China to dramatically expand its missile fleet to ensure a continued nuclear deterrent against the U.S. "If China begins a build up?one effect is predictable: India will remove all stops and go for a big build up of both missiles and nuclear weapon... Should India take that road, who can then prevent Pakistani hardliners from repeating that sorry saying: 'We will eat grass but counter India.' Asia does not need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What They're Saying About the War(s) | 12/15/2001 | See Source »

ROMAN: Consumer cyclicals and, in the very short run, financials. I want to highlight Fleet Boston. They have a very strong management team. They did a very interesting thing at the beginning of this year. They knew they had some loans on their books that could be problematic as we went into an economic downturn, and they consolidated them and basically got them off their books very early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forecast: Where Are The Bargains Now? | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

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