Word: hugeness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Valley's new emphasis on business creativity. "I've never been conscious of being a woman in doing this," says Herrin. But there are still moments when it confronts them. When she walked into a meeting with Kleiner Perkins, Lefcourt "looked around and thought, 'This room is huge and filled with men.' It occurred to me then that I must be a woman." And yet their pitch was convincing precisely because they could explain the nuances of wedding registries to highly credulous men. "We had an instinctive understanding of something they didn't really get," Lefcourt says...
...here came Floyd. It was huge, spanning an astonishing 600 miles. It was intensely powerful, with sustained winds of nearly 155 m.p.h.--a Category 4 hurricane, only one step below the most destructive designation on the charts. Most significant of all, it was bearing down on the Atlantic coastline, putting millions of people and billions of dollars' worth of property directly in harm...
...MADELEINE NASH has spent the past 15 years at TIME chasing hurricanes and other science stories. This week the senior correspondent, based in Chicago, reveals why Hurricane Floyd, a huge storm at its height, will pale compared with those that lie ahead. Climate and weather are of particular interest to Nash, who is currently writing a book on those subjects. "Hurricanes," she says, "are one of the great forces of nature. We keep trying to bend them to our will, and we keep trying to make them conform to our own preconceived ideas about how nature should behave. But nature...
What does it mean to you? Be especially careful what funds you buy for the rest of the year. High-flying (and often fast-trading) Internet funds are ripe for large taxable distributions. Take Amerindo Technology Fund, up 389% the past 12 months. It just sold most of its huge stake in Yahoo, and says that this year it will have its first distribution since inception. Wait before buying. But if you already own, don't sell to avoid the distribution. You'd realize a huge taxable gain on your fund shares...
Supporters, including Roman Catholic bishops and right-to-lifers, say the bill would reduce demand for assisted suicide by making clear that doctors can treat pain aggressively without being overly scrutinized; moreover, physicians wouldn't be prosecuted if they accidentally killed with huge doses of drugs. But foes, including patient advocates, say it would be too hard to determine if a death caused by painkillers was intentional or not. So cops will pry into all cases. "If this bill is passed," says Dr. Nancy Crumpacker, a cancer specialist, "doctors will never again be able to treat suffering people without fear...