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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...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Notorious G.I.Z (Senior Swan Song) | 3/3/1999 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So Far, So Good | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Reporting Live | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stealth Tax Hikes | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DNA Detectives | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

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