Word: someness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many viatical deals are marketed to seniors looking for a slightly better return on their retirement income. Ursula Linke, 60, of Silver Spring, Md., and her husband, tired of earning a relatively paltry 4% to 6% on their annuities, moved their entire life savings of $700,000 into viaticals sold...
Mitt Matt makes great turkey!" My three-year-old nephew Jonny, who came up with this nickname himself, really dug my Thanksgiving dinner last year. And I can't say I blame him. My spread pretty much rocked. Based on solid recipes and a lot of improvising (especially an aggressive...
But I wanted to check out the alternatives. My first stop was the Union of Concerned Scientists, where I met two, well, concerned scientists. Margaret Mellon and Jane Rissler have spent years studying food safety, and they've got a lot of doubts about biotech. I asked them what I...
GUT REACTION All kinds of fiber can help prevent colon cancer, but now a preliminary report on pigs suggests that one type--wheat bran--may do an especially good job. Researchers fattened up some 20 hogs on a typical American diet--feed containing the same nutrients found in burgers, fries...
E-GAD! A preliminary but intriguing study suggests a link between gamma tocopherol, a component of some vitamin E pills, and developing arthritis of the knee, shown at right. Gamma tocopherol tends to be found in newer E supplements--those that boast of "mixed tocopherols." Standard capsules contain only alpha...