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...plain truth is, this tax is an embarrassment. It amounts to multiple taxation on enterprise and hard-earned savings. We get taxed when we earn. We get taxed when we spend. We should not get taxed when we save. The estate tax was instituted in part to help fund World War I. News flash: the war is over. We won. Peace is at hand, and we have a budget surplus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kill The Estate Tax! | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

...workers for sending what were considered to be obscene e-mails on company computers. "We are on the verge of creating a surveillance society in the workplace," says American Civil Liberties Union associate director Barry Steinhardt. Monitoring advocates reply that the threat of intellectual-property theft, lawsuits and just plain goofing off by employees warrants a little--or a lot of--spying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cyberveillance | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

Hollis Brooks, 44, a lifestyle writer, knew better than to believe a lotion could turn back time. But two years ago, when a few fine wrinkles appeared above her lip, she decided to dip into the plain little jar of Creme de la Mer at the Neiman Marcus counter. Impressed that it was created by a NASA scientist, she paid a lot--$85 for a 1-oz. jar--and is happy to keep on paying. The pesky lines haven't gone away. But they also haven't got worse. And now she sounds like the saleslady who first hooked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Face-Lift In A Jar? | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

...brute-force approach. Ideally there would be a way to repair aging cells and prevent cell damage from occurring in the first place. Enter two vitamins, C and E, which are eminently suited to soaking up those nasty free radicals caused by sunlight, smoking and, alas, just plain living...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Face-Lift In A Jar? | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

...people here are gratified by this pick, a lot of people out there are astonished by this pick and a lot of people are just plain happy about this pick," the vice president said...

Author: By David M. Debartolo and Imtiyaz H. Delawala, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Lieberman Debuts as Gore's Pick | 8/11/2000 | See Source »

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