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...generating revenue for psychiatrists and so bad at staying married. A half-century ago, people didn't sit around wondering whether their spouse was maximizing their self-actualization. In fact, thanks to the lingering Victorian moral climate, most didn't even consider divorce a live option. (What a time saver!) Nowadays, as Kramer himself suggests, it is almost normal for married people to be quietly dogged by "the constant sense of having chosen poorly." Well who can blame them, with the question "Should You Leave?" blaring at them from bookstore windows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

...SCREEN SAVER: In Communicator, "pages" take a back seat to multimedia that's more like a CD-ROM or, guess what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techwatch: Oct. 6, 1997 | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

...journalists are only doing their job. But it hasn't taken long for the more opportunistic to seek a profit from Diana's death. One Web publishing company is sending out e-mail solicitations to news Web sites ? including TIME Daily ? offering a custom made "Princess Diana Screen Saver" as a "multimedia tribute." That way her image can be plastered all over your monitor lest you forget her passing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Dares Profit from Di? | 9/4/1997 | See Source »

...course, commercializing famous deaths is nothing new: Elvis paraphernalia made millions during the 20th anniversary of the King's death last month. But in this case, the timing is a little off ? Diana has not even been laid to rest. Needless to say, TIME Daily declined the screen saver offer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Dares Profit from Di? | 9/4/1997 | See Source »

...four years ago before I had Sam, when I was making the same amount of money. I thought I was doing pretty damn good. Now it's nothing to get excited about." Lori keeps the household books. "I'm an incredible bill payer," she says, "but a terrible saver." Last week she called her mortgage officers to learn why her monthly house payment rose from $592 to $616, even though interest rates are falling; the answer was higher insurance fees and taxes. After that she socks away $150 every other month into a mutual fund, while trying to erase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DESPERATELY SEEKING LORI | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

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