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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...winged-creatures-face quite a quandary. But we are a resourceful bunch. We seek out lesser-known creatures, creatures under the radar of government regulation, creatures that aren't too quick and aren't too slow-creatures who cry out, "Please kill us!" Late at night, we gather in small posses, we adorn ourselves in black, and we hunt down these birds. It is our duty, our calling. For the past three years we have lain dormant, waiting for the time to pounce once again...
...connective tissue that separates a woman's muscles from her skin is shaped like a honeycomb and allows even small amounts of fat to dimple out, whether she's fat or thin. (A man's connective tissue stretches over the fatty layer more tautly, keeping it smooth.) Losing weight, working out and plastic surgery can help reduce cellulite. But they can't change the underlying structure of a woman's body. And neither can Cellasene. So here's a modest proposal: perhaps it's our attitudes about skin texture that ought to change...
With her experience meeting the leaders of great and small powers worldwide, Hillary Clinton might be the candidate par excellence for a future Secretary of State. MARTIN FREUND New York City...
...world-renowned humanitarian; of heart failure; in Berlin. A few years after stunning a San Francisco audience at his first major concert at age 7, the prodigy went on to play at Carnegie Hall, where colleagues had to tune his violin for him because his fingers were too small. A New York-born Jew who lived in London, Menuhin was endlessly open-minded--he loved the Beatles and jammed with Ravi Shankar--and was consumed with using his music to promote world peace. Of his 75-year career, which included establishing schools for young musicians, playing for World...
BACK IN BUSINESS Some small-cap mutual funds that closed their doors when a surfeit of money made them hard to manage are open again--if you're game. Last week Fidelity said its Small Cap Stock and Low-Priced Stock funds will accept new investors, mostly because shareholders have been fleeing. Low-Priced's assets dropped from $12 billion to $7.8 billion in the past year. Small-cap stocks were hammered in general, making them something of a bargain...