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...surveys show that 60% of Americans favor repealing an inheritance tax that is levied on only the wealthiest 2% of the population? I'd guess that the reason could be expressed with a motto that has been used by the New York Lottery: "Hey, you never know." I'm familiar with that feeling. For years I've fantasized about inheriting a pile of money from someone I've never heard of, and frankly, I'm not eager to pay taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What The World Needs Now: Richer Rich | 7/31/2000 | See Source »

...Cellular Telephone Industry Association is requiring manufacturers to disclose how much of a cell phone's radiation may be absorbed by the body. The measurement, called the specific absorption rate, is regulated by the FCC. But whether a lower reading translates into a safer phone is anyone's guess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Jul. 31, 2000 | 7/31/2000 | See Source »

...guess I knew the governor better than Laura just because I was working on the education team for more than a year now, but in the last couple of days I have gotten to know Laura Bush and I am extraordinarily fond of her and think she is a really well-centered person and a pleasure to be around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lynne Cheney: Accustomed to the Crossfire | 7/31/2000 | See Source »

...becomes a question rivaling the familiar bumper sticker query in cosmic importance. On hard questions, you probe the answer choices for the likely Joe Bloggs answer--that is, the most appealing (read: wrong) answer. When you identify the answer Joe would pick and eliminate it, you can guess from the remaining four choices, statistically upping your score...

Author: By David C. Newman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Points For Sale | 7/28/2000 | See Source »

That night in a booth at The Dancing Crab, a restaurant out Wisconsin Avenue, Nora goes to work on Carl. "Who is Deep Throat?" She is relentless, she tries everything. "Aw, c'mon!" "I won't tell." "Lemme guess - I'll mention a name, and if I count to 10 and you haven't hung up on me, I'll know it's right!" Grin. That, of course, is the sort of trick that Woodward and Bernstein used on reluctant secretaries at CREEP...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Memories of Deep Throat (Not That One!) | 7/27/2000 | See Source »

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