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Word: justness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Yet, as perfect as the moment seemed, it wasn't quite at the imperial level that Jiang aspires to. Even in Beijing, where the WTO celebration was as choreographed as the first act of Cats, the zip and pop of a truly great moment was missing. Ordinary citizens weren't...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The China Deal: The Imperial Dragon | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

No wonder a growing number of people just want to hide out. Louis Rittmaster of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is no stranger to Champagne celebrations; each year he heads to an apartment he owns in New York City to toast the ball drop. But this time, the 59-year-old retiree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auld Lang Sigh | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

Consumers have come to believe that automated teller machines should distribute cash. Banks believe that ATMs should collect some too--say, a $1.50 bite out of each cash withdrawal at a bank where you're not a customer. And that's just the first bite, because often when you make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War on ATM Fees | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

Bankers justify the charges by noting that most banks provide ATMs free to their own customers and thus must find some other way to recover the cost of deploying the machines. "In San Francisco," says Bank of America spokesman Peter Magnani, "there is no charge 80% of the time when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War on ATM Fees | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

There are economic reasons for some of these millennial disappointments. Predictions of widespread, money's-no-object revels were just that--predictions, of an event that hasn't occurred since the airplane was invented, the Crusades gave way to package tours and Dick Clark was soldered together in a top...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auld Lang Sigh | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

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