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Dates: during 1990-1999
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For me, the largest concern is where they are watching television. Two-thirds of all kids eight and older have a television in their bedroom, says the Kaiser report. And a third of kids ages two to seven have TVs in their room. That's way too many kids spending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Must-See TV? | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

The brass at Fidelity will cry foul, as may the entire mutual-fund industry, which is in sore need of a new superstar. But here goes, anyway: Give it up, Peter Lynch. This stuff about never having worked on a computer and wanting little to do with technology stocks is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech That, Peter | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

Sure, they can be confusing--just what does Cisco do?--and volatile and pricey. But even strict-value managers, who focus on low stock prices relative to earnings, buy them. "Get your head out of the sand," Scott Black at Delphi Management advises tech sissies. Look for normal stuff--little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech That, Peter | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

Visudyne works only on wet macular degeneration, and produces the best results in patients whose retinal abnormalities occur mostly in what is known as the classic pattern. Doctors inject the drug into a vein in the patient's arm; from there it quickly spreads through the body. The drug concentrates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vision Saver | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

Thoreau orders Wild Fruits as a botanist might, collecting his notes on each plant in the order in which it blooms. He records the dates of his sightings and the measurements he has made: "September 24, 1859. The common shrub oak is apparently the most fertile of our oaks. I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Unregarded Berries | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

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