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...RETHINK SHORT-TERM SAVINGS. You pick up an extra point of yield switching from a money-market fund to a short-term bond fund. Best bet: a low-expense fund with securities that mature in two years, like Vanguard Short-Term Treasury and Pimco Low Duration. They carry only minimally more risk than a money-market fund...
Berger and Clarke wanted something more robust. On Nov. 7, Berger met with William Cohen, then Secretary of Defense, in the Pentagon. The time had come, said Berger, for the Pentagon to rethink its approach to operations against bin Laden. "We've been hit many times, and we'll be hit again," Berger said. "Yet we have no option beyond cruise missiles." He wanted "boots on the ground"--U.S. special-ops forces deployed inside Afghanistan on a search-and-destroy mission targeting bin Laden. Cohen said he would look at the idea, but he and General Hugh Shelton, Chairman...
With rock-bottom fares, the low-cost carriers are prompting people to rethink their holiday plans. When a vacation abroad can cost less than a similar break at home, the attraction is irresistible. So more and more Europeans are taking a couple of short breaks a year in addition to their annual vacation. And they are venturing into unknown territories. Eileen and Geoff Morgan of Hastings, England went to Graz this year. "We'd never been to Austria before," says Eileen. "It was lovely, just like the postcards." They now plan to visit St. Etienne in France, "and lots...
What a difference a few years makes. Despondency may have consumed the aviation sector in general over the past 24 months, forcing some flagship carriers, like British Airways, to rethink strategy and lay off staff, and forcing others, like Swissair, into bankruptcy. But the budget carriers have largely bucked the trend, and in some cases thrived...
Taken one at a time, these creatures--formally known as "extremophiles," or lovers of extreme environments--are fascinating curiosities. Collectively, they have triggered a scientific revolution, forcing researchers to rethink biology's most basic assumptions about how life began...