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...current work force is between the ages of 35 and 50, vs. only 35% in 1980. "These are experienced people who are going to be more productive," he says, and their productivity is helping offset wage increases. They tend to stay in their jobs longer than younger workers, whose frequent churning creates heavy costs for employers. Reich and Fromstein both observe that employers have been inventive in finding "flexible" ways to reward workers without increasing fixed-wage costs. They are paying out relatively more in bonuses, commissions, stock options and other pay-for-performance schemes and relatively less in direct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quarterly Business Report: As Good as It Gets | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

...days," says Justin. "I'm trying to get my tolerance back down so it won't take me so much to get spun out," he explains. As narcotics go, crank is famously cheap--a $20 bundle keeps you buzzing for up to 12 jaw-grinding, heart-pounding hours--but frequent users still have trouble affording it. For one thing, they tend to get grandiose while high. A recovering addict (in his one year of crank use, he went from reigning as high school homecoming king to serving a robbery sentence in a state penitentiary) remembers buying drinks for the house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crank | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

...great gifts for new chums (or for yourself), explore the area's numerous music stores. Tower Records and HMV, the two music megastores of Harvard square, offer frequent bargains and a wide selection. In Your Ear, located on Mt. Auburn St., is an elusive haven for used music at affordable prices. And if you have a VCR, don't forget Video-Pros in The Garage--great selection, convenient location and reasonable rates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SHOP `TILL YOU DROP | 6/19/1998 | See Source »

...desperately seeking clothes, lookno further than the Square. Between UrbanOutfitters, Structure and The Gap, you won't gonaked this summer (unless, of course, you're intothat). Frequent CitySports for athletic gear; theyoften offer spectacular sales on sneakers,t-shirts and rollerblades...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SHOP `TILL YOU DROP | 6/19/1998 | See Source »

...mention my concern over my frequent need to urinate, which I have assumed to be related to my prostate. As in many men my age, the status of my prostate is top priority, the site of the most common cancer in males. If I were a woman, breast cancer would be of similar concern. In a 25-year-old male, the prostate gland is the size of a grape; in a 50-year-old, it is the size of a chestnut because of its thickened walls. The enlarged gland constricts the urethra that it encircles, diminishing the ability to urinate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diary Of A Mid-Life Checkup | 6/15/1998 | See Source »

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