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...Bunny ice-cream truck seems to enjoy safe passage. Every few hours, the old-fashioned white van graced with a goofy baby-blue rabbit comes rolling up playing Pop Goes the Weasel. But the trip is mostly in vain. Kids have long ago learned that a nickel in their pocket is hardly enough to purchase a Popsicle, let alone a toasted-almond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No More Kid Stuff | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

...relatively little prerecorded music available in the MiniDisc format, but Sony and others are pushing the MiniDisc for its ability to make recordings of existing CDs and its potential for replacing analog cassettes in portable or car audio systems. MiniDiscs are durable, easily erasable and fit into a shirt pocket. Blank discs cost $4 to $6 each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Spin | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

...movie industry is on target to pocket a record-shattering $2.49 billion by the end of the season. This would top last year's $2.22 billion take, led by Sony's "Men in Black." The key to this summer's success is diversity, according to Robert Bucksbaum, an analyst at box office watchers Reel Source. "You saw a wide range of films that you normally don't see in the summer: 'There's Something About Mary,' a slapstick comedy; 'Saving Private Ryan,' an Oscar-contending drama; and 'The Truman Show,' a warm-hearted satire," Bucksbaum says. "Family films did better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Summer of Movie Money | 8/18/1998 | See Source »

...fluffy pillows and stuffed animals from the crib. And never let your baby fall asleep on a sheepskin--even on his back. A number of infants have died when the sheepskin or other soft bedding wound up covering their faces. Apparently, the material can cause just enough of a pocket to form around the baby's face that the air inside it is exhausted of oxygen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prevent Crib Death | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

Being in an HMO has saved me more than $10,000 in the past three years. We just had a baby who cost us $10 out of pocket. We've never had a problem with quality issues or failure to pay. GEORGE EVANS Dublin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 3, 1998 | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

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