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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...exactly that, as it dominated Siena from start to finish with an impressive 3-0 sweep...
...trading is not all that easy, because you can't get the places during the times you want," cautions Joan Bennett of Indianapolis, Ind., who with her husband Dick owns a 13-week share in Hilton Head. "To be sure of getting a place you want, you should start working on it six to eight months ahead of time," advises retiree Mike Parker, who with his wife Dottie owns three time-shares...
...risky underwriting activities from federally insured bank savings deposits. But by the 1970s the financial world had become more muddled. Merrill Lynch, for example, began to offer money-market accounts with a check-writing feature. As the lines between banks and brokers blurred, Glass-Steagall came under repeated attack, starting in the 1980s. "I spent a lot of time lobbying Congress to convince them that we needed to look beyond the parochial interests of banks, brokerages, insurance companies and mutual funds," says former AmEx boss Robinson, now investing in tech start-ups. "We needed to view them as one industry...
Today more parents (especially affluent ones) are delaying the start of school to give their children an extra year of pre-school. This trend--known as "redshirting," after the practice of holding back freshman college athletes--is widening the developmental and age gaps among the students. A "typical" kindergarten class contains kids ages 4 to 6 whose level of development varies widely. Some barely know their letters, while others are fairly fluent readers. Sue Bredekamp, editor of a widely used guide for teachers of young children, says, "What teachers tell us is that expectations for kindergartners have become more standardized...
...Person of the Century issue is still a couple of months away, but we thought we'd get a head start on the next century by launching the first in our new five-part series, Visions 21. The idea of the series is to probe the next century by asking 100 provocative questions and then doing our best to answer them. This week we explore the first 20 questions, about our health and the health of our planet...