Word: majorities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...expect any of these things to kick in soon, though. Since next year is an election year and much of the rhetoric in Washington will be centered on how to save Social Security, tax experts say it's unlikely there will be any major tax changes before 2001. So plan around what's known--not what might happen. On these pages, we look at six ways to cut your taxes before Dec. 31. Generally, you'll want to reduce your taxable estate and income while maximizing your tax-deferred savings. Here...
Since the end of the cold war, the Pentagon has said it would need all its troops to meet its pledge to wage and win two "major theater wars" at once. But because it would take up to 90 days to move troops in Bosnia and Kosovo to a new conflict--longer than permitted under Pentagon guidelines--their commanders had no choice but to rank their units as unable to fight...
...then faded, Pokemon sales grew slowly and steadily--and they did not stop. Tajiri generated further word of mouth by designing a secret twist into the programming. Officially there were only 150 species of Pokemon. Unknown to Nintendo, Tajiri had put a 151st in the software: Mew, a major character in the film. "You had to acquire Mew by interacting," says Tajiri. "Without trading, you can never get Mew." The rumors started flying of a secret monster that only a few people had the key to unlock. More games sold...
...define. It's Disney--the Disney style of romantic realism, questing kids and cute critters. Anime is all kinds of differents. "There isn't a single artistic style in anime," says Helen McCarthy, British author of four books on the subject, including Hayao Miyazaki: Films, Themes, Artistry. "The major difference from Disney-style animation is the limitless possibilities existing in anime." If you can dream it, anime-tors can draw...
...Soon ACE inhibitors, a widely used high-blood-pressure medication, may be added to the roster of pills taken by folks at risk for a heart attack. A major study, released ahead of schedule to get out the good word, shows that daily doses of the ACE inhibitor ramipril led to a dramatic 25% decline in heart attacks and strokes among diabetics and patients with a history of heart disease. Cost: 85[cents...