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Suddenly, Liechtenstein scrambled to set matters right. Within two working days, the parliament hurried through a bundle of new laws making it a crime for bankers or financial intermediaries to fail to report suspicious activity, and allowing Liechtenstein authorities to cooperate with foreign authorities to fight money laundering. The legislature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cleanup Time | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

It is not hard for parents to fall short, says David Elkind, professor of child development at Tufts University and author of The Hurried Child. "There's a time famine," he says. "Jobs are becoming more and more demanding, and when something has to give, it may well be involvement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paging all Parents | 7/3/2000 | See Source »

They objected that the site recommendation--first presented to members at the school committee meeting last night--was hurried and lacked the sanction of the steering committee, a group of parents, teachers and district officials that has met weekly since fall to discuss the merger.

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Committee Picks Maynard Elementary Site for Merged School | 5/17/2000 | See Source »

Somewhere in the course of a 25-year marriage, my parents fell in love. They grew to see one another as more than just a partner they could pay off a mortgage with. Instead, the 19-year-old village girl and the 37-year-old bachelor had matured into people...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Sealed with a Kiss | 4/20/2000 | See Source »

"The First Amendment protects the right to waste somebody's time," says TIME legal reporter Alain Sanders. "In all political speech there's an element of caveat emptor - it's up to the consumer to discern how truthful what they're reading and hearing is." In addition, says Sanders, "political...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Web Parodies Provide Particular Problems | 4/19/2000 | See Source »

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