Word: indexes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ritual that takes place at the end of every Harvard women's basketball game. Win or lose, the Crimson gathers in the center-court circle, and the players raise one arm each, bringing their hands together above the center of their group with a lone index finger protruding from...
...historic low: -4% of gross domestic product, according to Hormats. "This private-sector deficit is enormous," he says. People feel flush enough, due to their soaring stock portfolios, to keep buying consumer goods on credit--the so-called "wealth effect." But a drop in the Dow Jones index or some other shock could quickly erase those paper gains and choke off the spending boom. So while the Clinton Administration is touting consumption-driven growth, Dresdner Bank's Ernst-Moritz Lipp is critical. "We shouldn't praise as an important development something that is due to an unsustainably low savings rate...
Turn to the index of this memoir from the 60 Minutes correspondent, and under the entry "Donaldson, Sam" you'll find this subheading: "physical appearance of." Stahl describes her Watergate rival as resembling "a long-lost brother of Mr. Spock." Reporting Live is more engaging as an amalgam of such observations and tidbits than it is as a chronicle of Stahl's assignments during the '70s and '80s. The book also succeeds as a compelling portrait of a mother-daughter relationship: Dolly Stahl's a lot more quotable than Roger Mudd...
...such popular funds as Heartland Value, Lindner Dividend, Brandywine and Templeton Growth--also distributed a taxable capital gain to shareholders, says fund-research company Wiesenberger. Tip: taxable distributions typically result from rapid-fire trading. This year, look for funds with a low turnover rate, something less than 100%. Stock index funds are among the most tax efficient. And never invest in a stock fund just ahead of its annual distribution, usually in November or December...
...power of DNA technology expanded exponentially last fall when the FBI activated its new Combined DNA Index System. A database containing the gene prints of 250,000 convicted felons--as well as 4,600 DNA samples left behind at the scene of unsolved crimes--the system acts as a sort of investigatory intranet through which law-enforcement officials can surf when trying to match a known criminal to a crime...