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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some time in their life, all children experience distress--commonly called separation anxiety--when saying goodbye to parents. But as Stephanie Johnson can attest, the suffering can be kept to a minimum--which is important, since the way early separations are handled, psychologists believe, can influence how people manage transitions throughout their life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Parting with Less Sorrow | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

...pressure to give soft money can be quite intense," says Kangas. "And the more a business is impacted by federal regulation, the more it feels it doesn't have a choice." While some donors give to candidates who support specific causes--Democrats who want a higher minimum wage, say, or Republicans who favor tort reform--many behave like AT&T. The telecommunications giant has doled out $305,350 to the Democrats in the first six months of the year and an additional $527,050 to the Republicans, cozying up to both parties at a time when the company is battling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dialing Back The Dollars | 9/6/1999 | See Source »

...Notebook section, Cooper is lending the humor he has honed as a stand-up comic. "Matt works in clubs in New York and Washington," says Jim Kelly, deputy managing editor. "The big plus for our readers is that they can enjoy him without springing for the two-drink minimum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Contributors: Aug. 30, 1999 | 8/30/1999 | See Source »

...ongoing story of our family. Bring scrapbooks, letters and photo albums to share, as well as old uniforms or artifacts used by ancestors. Take lots of pictures, and talk to everyone you can, especially those distant relations on the shady side of the family tree. At a minimum, you'll have something to gossip about later. But be on your best behavior, because they're sure to gossip about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reunion Rules | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

Amid the mountains of baseball cards and cookie jars up for grabs on eBay's Net bazaar, one offer stood out this spring: "Team of 16 employees from major ISP willing to leave as a group," the posting read. "Total minimum bid would be $3,140,000." To even the most avid online collector, this seemed far-fetched--not to mention medieval--as if a package deal of techies could be bartered like a set of Limoges china or Star Wars lunch boxes. Surely it had to be a hoax...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We're for Hire, Just Click | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

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