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...Cancel your appointment with the funeral director, to start. The threat from inflation will moderate. I may reel from Greenspan's potion for a while, but I'm sure I'll feel much better later in the year. The next few months in the market could be rocky, though. I'd find it soothing if folks lightened up on their speculative investments, like Internet stocks, and rotated into parts of the market that present better value: some banks and financials and lots of small-company stocks. Some foreign shares might be a good choice. And don't rule out bonds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Happy 107th | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

...Without homework or exams to interfere with our morning dressing routine, we actually have time to put on a little make-up or experiment with our 'do. Add this to the fact that we're actually well-rested and awake before noon, and you have a recipe for love potion course catalogue number...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, | Title: EDITORIAL NOTEBOOK: Shopping for Coeur Classes | 2/3/2000 | See Source »

...spices--this magical potion, spices," says Nowinski, rolling his eyes. "I marinated my chicken once or twice--that was huge. This guy would bank like a baby bird, he'd sit on the couch with his mouth open, and Eitzmann would throw him food while he was cooking...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: "The Polish Connection" Makes One Last Hit | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...Ruth-and-Maris-topping Cardinals slugger casually let it drop to a few gathered reporters that oh, by the way, he quit taking Andro four months ago. A year ago, McGwire?s admission that he used the dietary supplement ignited not only sales of the iffy, supposedly muscle-building potion but a firestorm of controversy over his home-run record and his fitness as a role model. Now McGwire had quit, he said, because "Young kids take it because of me. I don't like that." Excuse me, slugger, but how were the young people supposed to know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When it Came to Quitting Andro, Big Mac Bunted | 8/5/1999 | See Source »

Christian Bale is perfect as the wet noodle who is ultimately improved by Puck's magic (he's the only character left under the influence of the herbal Viagra). Dominic West, on the other hand, needs no potion, quickening the movie's pulse with his smoldering eyes and nudist tendencies. Midsummer Night's magic does well by all the aging cast members, making Stanley Tucci and Rupert Everet's oft-displayed biceps taut and virile as they lounge about, toying with the fate of their younger coactors. Pfeiffer tops the pantheon, lathered up with glitter and seemingly enchanted...

Author: By Carla A. Blackmar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (WITH MICHELLE PFEIFFER) | 5/7/1999 | See Source »

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