Word: generalize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...GWYNNE was in Huntsville, Texas, covering the search for an escaped convict when he got word from Washington correspondent Adam Zagorin that the General Accounting Office was releasing a report on Citibank's relationship with an accused murderer. For four months, Gwynne, a former banker and TIME's Austin bureau chief, had been investigating private banking, traveling around the U.S. and to Switzerland to track down money trails, so he rushed back to Austin to begin writing. "This story evolved in a perfect way," he says. "We researched a good idea for months, and when a news peg finally came...
...division of old Japanese power: court, samurai, priests. It continued to exert a great influence on the country's art. But in Edo, a more secular and even demotic imagination began to assert itself--marked, writes Singer, by "bold, sometimes brash expression...and a playful outlook on life in general." This happened because Japanese society, in the new capital, became somewhat more open to change. Not very much, but a little, and then a little more. The once despised merchants and entrepreneurs, and other commoners too, were developing their own tastes. They became an important cultural force...
...felt similarly inclined to boost shareholder value, I might be stuck in underachieving stocks for some time to come, as the pricing pressures seem only to be increasing. In the end, the victors will get the spoils: Exxon and International Paper will buy themselves several years of outperformance. In general, though, investors should look for companies that sell products and services with unique qualities, rather than commodities like fuel and paper...
...develop hemochromatosis simply by taking iron supplements? No. As a general rule, taking an iron pill is a problem only for folks with a hereditary predisposition to hemochromatosis. However, it is possible to ingest too much iron no matter what your genetic background. An overdose of just a few dozen iron pills can make adults very sick and is enough to kill toddlers. So keep your supplements out of kids' reach. And if you suspect iron poisoning, call your local poison-control center or head for the emergency room...
CONCESSION STAND It's hard to be a good loser. It's much more dignified to blame voter fraud. Dennis Vacco waited until last week, then his lawyer conceded defeat for him in the New York Attorney General's race. Notable holdouts on the give-it-up front...