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...Britain in 1999 worth $6.83 billion, up from 27 worth $3.98 billion in '98. And KPMG Corporate Finance says the growth is continuing; deals during the second quarter of 2000 were worth $8.7 billion, a 334% increase over the first quarter. In Continental Western Europe, the trend is even steeper: 27 deals worth $3.84 billion last year, up from three deals worth $224.3 million in 1998. Significant transactions include KKR's $940.5 million acquisition of British conglomerate Wassall, whose primary holding is Thorn Lighting, a manufacturer of light fixtures; and the $1.4 billion buyout of the German bathroom-fixtures maker...
...somewhat enticing and no big deal, because teens often feel immune to risky behavior. If I were a slightly bored 16-year-old girl who loved to dance and I was contemplating trying ecstasy, I would probably go for it. You made my uphill battle even steeper. ROBYN HENNING Nutley...
...polls. These calls distorted McCain's record--exaggerating his role in the Keating Five savings and loan scandal, for example--in an attempt to push voters away from him. Though the Bush campaign claims only 300 of the calls were made in South Carolina, Bush's Michigan pollster, Fred Steeper, told TIME last week that his firm had placed several thousand such calls in his state. Steeper says he has stopped making the calls...
...lifted the flap of tissue out of the way. In nearsighted patients, an invisible beam of laser light then trimmed away layers of tissue from the center of the cornea, producing a flatter curve. In farsighted patients, the beam scooped out a doughnut-shaped ring that resulted in a steeper curve. Then the doctors lifted the flap back into place. After a few minutes of drying, it rebonded with the rest of the cornea. Because tissue destruction is minimal, there's little healing and much less pain. Patients see clearly almost immediately after the operation...
...cutting supply sider, but he spent his time at the Federal Reserve fighting inner-city red lining by major banks. Al Hubbard, a onetime deputy chief of staff to Dan Quayle, pushed for massive deregulation of business during the 1990 recession and now squires kindred spirits to Austin. Fred Steeper, the Republican pollster with the best fingertip feel for independents, is likely to be back for his third George W. campaign, even though, Steeper says, Bush never had him take a poll during his first four years in office because, "he likes to do what he thinks is right...