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This might have worked, but the clock reset itself again, to an earlier date in February 2036, thus locking students out of the election...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Computer Glitch Delays Election | 12/11/2001 | See Source »

During cloning, however, most of these imprints are wiped out and have to be reset--that is, turned on or off. Chances are that some won't be reset properly, which could lead to severe birth defects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Genetic Research: Cloning: Humans May Have It Easier | 8/27/2001 | See Source »

...postoperative stroll down the hall, heading for the lounge with the jigsaw puzzles, you catch a glimpse of yourself in the glass door ahead, a shambling galoot in droopy, pee-stained pajamas. (When they pull out the catheter, it takes you a day or two to get your sphincter reset.) This is not a guy whom any woman longs to have sex with; she would be afraid of killing the old bugger. It's hard for a man with a strong sense of himself (He's going deep--deep--deep! And he's almost to the wall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Just Needed A Valve Job | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

...housing. Financially speaking, moving didn't make as much sense. Now you can get an exclusion every two years. Swarms of homeowners with a collective $4.5 trillion in home equity in the U.S. are bumping up against the new limits. To extend the tax benefit, they must somehow reset the tax-exempt meter to zero, usually by selling their home and buying another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beating the Mansion Tax | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

Some tax pros have been angling for ways to reset the meter without moving. Philip Holthouse, a partner at the Los Angeles tax firm Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt, says you can do that by setting up a trust and selling the house to your adult children. Future gains will accrue to family members tax free, and it may help in estate planning too. He warns, though, that children without income cannot take advantage of the mortgage deduction, which may be worth more than any capital-gains tax saving. Another option is to sell your house and lease it back with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beating the Mansion Tax | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

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