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...this macho-movie summer needs. It's a parable of plucky sisterhood: hens who endure life's drab defeats while hoping for a break. The film is funny and touching and beautifully understated; its characters earn big laughs with the subtlest wrinkle of a brow, sobs with a stifled sigh. In a season of nine-figure budgets, the movie was made for chicken feed ($42 million). It also boasts an accent that is defiantly English--Yorkshire, even--with a dash of Yank bravado from visiting star Mel Gibson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Run, Chicken Run! | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

...could hear investors breathe a sigh of relief last week as stocks seemed to turn the corner. But don't be fooled. The Federal Reserve could still crank up interest rates another notch to make sure inflation is hobbled, and if it does, you won't have to go to the amusement park to get on a roller coaster. Many market strategists are forecasting a choppy ride this summer. But there are ways to keep your portfolio from getting too badly bruised. Rule No. 1: learn how to play good defense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learn to Play D | 6/12/2000 | See Source »

When I registered for my.harvard, I came across a wide array of services that came with the essential post forwarding address. There were bulletin boards, chat rooms, "professional connections"--I breathed a sigh of relief...

Author: By Barbara E. Martinez, | Title: Tackling the Post-Harvard Stack | 6/6/2000 | See Source »

...That's a good question, and if you know the answer, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson will take your call right now. In March, when OPEC increased daily oil output by 1.7 million barrels, the car-driving public - and the Clinton administration officials, wary of a cranky electorate - breathed a sigh of relief; by the time we set out on our summer vacations, analysts assured us, gas prices will have settled into a far more affordable groove. But here we are, just a few days before the start of the Memorial Day weekend, paying at least $1.50 per gallon, up from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, Bill, What Happened to Lower Gas Prices? | 5/23/2000 | See Source »

After stalling for several years, Russia has fired a diplomatic volley back at the United States last month by ratifying both the START II strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in quick succession. Before we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief that these treaty approvals will soon bring about a sharp reduction in nuclear dangers, we need to assess the hurdles that remain. Many of these obstacles--especially a penchant for missile defense--are of the United States' own making...

Author: By Charles D. Ferguson, | Title: An Unsafe Missile Defense | 5/5/2000 | See Source »

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