Word: shortcut
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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More important than whodunit is the question of how badly the leak damages American security. Some experts say China would eventually have miniaturized its nuclear weapons on its own. That's probably true, but now Beijing has apparently found a shortcut to the most modern technology. Smaller warheads mean Chinese missiles will be lighter, more mobile, easier to hide and able to hit multiple, longer-range targets...
...sure hoping it is. One of the few breakout shows last year was Comedy Central's scabrous South Park, and the year before, Fox had its own success with that animated paean to redneck Texas, King of the Hill. Now the genre that seems to offer the quickest shortcut to countercultural chic is becoming more popular than ever. The three start-up networks (Fox, UPN and the WB) have scheduled seven new prime-time cartoon series for this year, and more are in the works. "Animated shows stand out from the pack," says Tony Krantz, CEO of Imagine Television...
...history of the Clinton presidency is and always has been the history of the Clinton marriage, which is why the distinction between public and private in this presidency has always been messy. From the start their union was a vessel not only of love but of ambition, a shortcut for two stars in a hurry to reach heaven. She signed on to be wife and business partner in the hope that they could have great fun and do great things by pooling her discipline, his charisma, her vision, his guts. And there was always the risk that if one stumbled...
...large numbers of fertile geniuses are living in the same places. The Redmond offspring won't all be geniuses of course; someone has to marry the beautiful people in marketing. But many of the Redmond kids will be frighteningly smart mutants. There's no telling how far this evolutionary shortcut can go. Each generation of geniuses will be smarter and start working younger. It's possible that the high-tech companies of the future could be managed entirely via inter-fetus telepathy. Some entrepreneurs will cash out their stock options and retire before they are born...
...probability of a weakening dollar means Americans who move money into Euroland now might lock in exchange-rate profits. "There is a case for diversifying your portfolio into a currency area that provides an alternative to the U.S.," says Merrill Lynch's Bowers. "But there's no shortcut: you still have to find good companies." In the current European climate, the most promising sectors include consumer products, distribution, high tech, health care, insurance and telecommunications...