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When it comes to diversification, many mutual-fund investors fool themselves. Funds with very different names and objectives often hold the same stocks. Now, thanks to a new software program called Overlap ($150 a year; 800-683-7527), fund fanatics can ferret out duplication. Type in any two funds, and the program shows what percentage of stocks they hold in common and their overlap in various sectors like technology...
Some doctors are worried that emotional development will suffer too. It's one thing to fool around with serotonin levels in a brain that's already hardened and set, but quite another thing to manipulate a young, still elastic brain. And if children learn to medicate depression away, when do they develop the coping skills to weather psychic squalls on their...
Having died of shock upon realizing that he holds a winning lottery ticket, poor Ned can't be awakened. But it occurs to scheming Jackie O'Shea (Ian Bannen) and his nervous pal Michael O'Sullivan (David Kelly) that he can be impersonated--at least long enough to fool the Dublin official who comes to Tully More (pop. 51) to verify Ned's claim. Eventually the whole village is in on the scam. To Jones' credit, the locals are not afflicted by the Irish curse--terminal whimsy--and his rendering of their sly cupidity as they grasp at good fortune...
Learn how to be sketchy. Fool around withopen studio life drawing-- both short andlong poses. 7 to 10 p.m., Zeitgeist Gallery,312 Broadway (at Norfolk), 623-1065. $8 asession...
...menu as "Chicken Stroganoff." The chicken was smothered in a garlicky cream sauce with a surprising dash of ketchup that added a tangy touch-as well as a funky pinkish color. The buffet also included something called Black Beans Stew--but don't let the innocuous name fool you. Aside from black beans, the stew contains pig's feet, ears and tails...More pedestrian items at the buffet were rice and mashed potatoes, which go well with the barbecue meats...