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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...announce a bias like last time, because this is the hike it was warning us about," says Baumohl. "It?s shifting back into neutral." Of course, to a market that?s just aching to be unleashed, "neutral" is like raw meat to a roomful of Dobermans. Let?s just hope they don?t choke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Markets Set to Blow Their Own Bubble? | 6/29/1999 | See Source »

Money disputes between newlyweds are a growing pain, partly because marriage now comes later in life. Once you're in your mid-30s, your bad habits (money or otherwise) are tough to break. Also, one partner is more likely to bring substantially greater wealth to the union. And let's face it, men, the days when we called the shots on big items are long gone. Bottom line: a Citibank survey finds that 57% of divorces stem from arguments over money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Prenup Audit | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...picture painted by the Cox report is no less ridiculous than the Chinese government's insistence that NATO's bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade was the result of a conspiracy. Let's hope cooler heads prevail and Sino-American relations improve in the long run, to the benefit of all of us. HONG MA Port Jefferson Station...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 28, 1999 | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...there any way we lab rats can beat the chess scientist? Grand master Daniel King, who will do the commentary, thinks the sluggish time frame could actually work in our favor. Kasparov, he says, "thrives on pressure situations" and may play less aggressive chess at a leisurely pace. Let's hope so. Otherwise, we'll have to start rooting for the head cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kasparov's World War | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...helped the generals gain Yeltsin's ear. Russia's military hierarchy has little love for Yeltsin--one of his nicknames in the general staff is Pelmeni (a small dumpling), an apparent reference to his puffy features and tortured articulation. And the officers have little doubt that he will let them take the blame if the Pristina operation backfires. For the time being, though, an aggressive-sounding military has established a disturbingly close relationship with an ailing and mercurial President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yeltsin's Fast-Break Generals | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

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