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Wall Street and Fort Knox are still there, of course, but their mystique is fading fast. Not even James Bond's nemesis Auric Goldfinger would try to rob the fort anymore; bullion is in a two-decade-long slump. Nowadays, real money doesn't glitter or clink. It blinks across the world's computer screens. More wealth is created--or destroyed--in an instant than J.P. Morgan could have comprehended. Net-savvy investors are reaping the rewards and assuming the risks of controlling their financial destiny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finance: Wheels of Fortune | 10/16/2000 | See Source »

...live-in caretaker for a little boy who, like Zachary, suffered from an autism-related disorder. He loved dresses, jewelry, feather boas, glitter makeup and other things considered "feminine." Still, his parents and I were careful not to assign a gender to his activities, as he had not yet done so himself. I only hope Zachary wasn't rushed into his decision by parents who seem to have numerous other issues of their own they need to deal with first. SARA SCHROEDER Newton, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 16, 2000 | 10/16/2000 | See Source »

Some of the younger family members were worried that Santa might not know what had become of them. No problem: on Christmas Eve one mother sprinkled some "reindeer dust" (oatmeal and glitter) on the snow outside the cabin, because she knew that would attract Santa's reindeer to their mountaintop cabin www.ragged-mt.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Not Home For The Holidays | 10/16/2000 | See Source »

Among the colorful characters was Steven A. Hoey '93, who sported a tuxedo, tiara, glitter-encrusted cigarette holder and jeweled glasses...

Author: By David C. Newman, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Nader Turned Away at the Door | 10/4/2000 | See Source »

...course, Spelling has been laughed at all the way to the bank before, and there's something admirable about his sticking earnestly to his pearl-handled guns. Star is the more innovative producer, who mines glitter gulches for gems, but also one for whom every sincere emotion is likely to set up a knowing punch line. That's not to say he indulges in easy sarcasm; the Pointe flap shows sarcasm is anything but easy in Hollywood. At least the WB let stand a swipe at a network exec as "the genius who told Felicity to cut her hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Pointe, Counterpoint | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

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