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Such creature comforts aren't cheap. Our van cost about $35,000 and has a Big Gulp thirst for gas. But since posh minivans and sport-utility vehicles were dragging us into that price zone anyway, we tacked another year onto the loan and got the full deal, including a built-in cooler (great for cold drinks) and leather seats (great for when you spill cold drinks) and haven't regretted the decision for a minute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family Travel: The Easy Riders | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

...they all were dead/They got TB and typhoid and athlete's foot/Diphtheria and the flu/Excuse me--Great Nations coming through!"). The song's caustic end: that "some bug from out of Africa" might destroy America "like the great nations of Europe in the 16th century." You are permitted to gulp in horror as you hum along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bad Love Is Good News | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...worried. "While the FOMC [Federal Open Market Committee] did not take action today," the Fed said afterward, "the committee was concerned about the potential for a buildup of inflationary imbalances that could undermine the favorable performance of the economy." Though they couldn't have been surprised, stock marketeers did gulp a little, sending the Dow down 50 points or so after the afternoon announcement. By the end of trading, the Dow had slipped by just over 16 points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fed Lets Inflation Off With a Warning | 5/18/1999 | See Source »

...really never flying solo. You and your wingmen move into a complicated choreography charted for each of the 400 daily sorties. Depending on how far you've had to fly--B-2s fly more than 15 hours from the U.S.--it's likely your plane will slow down to gulp fuel from an aerial tanker before your final run into hostile airspace. One of every three flights is an aerial tanker sortie--more of them than attack flights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Military: How We Fight | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...boyfriend. Gulp. Just. Gulp. Broke up with me. Gulp. And none of my roommates wanttolivewithmeandImsosad. I really hate this school...

Author: By Kamil E. Redmond, | Title: Endpaper: Action Woman | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

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