Word: stockings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stock market and the booming economy are great, but they're only great for a few people, and the rest of us are riding the tide. When the bubble bursts, we'll need some politicians who are willing to make some tough choices about the way this nation is going to work. We'll need people who are willing to be real politicians, instead of just playing them...
Jenny E. Heller, in her piece "Ashamed to Be an American Abroad" (Opinion, Jan. 6) feels ashamed to be an American because her president had oral sex in the Oval Office. True, America has become a laughing stock. But this is not because President Clinton had an extramarital affair, but because the nation--especially its politicians and its press--have become obsessed with the issue...
...world's personal computers doesn't constitute a monopoly. If courts believe otherwise and Microsoft is found guilty of unfairly dominating the market for Internet browsers, the company faces a potential threat of being carved up. But even that threat doesn't appear to worry investors: By midday, the stock was up more than 10 points...
...kind of active trader who worries that your stocks might head south while you're out getting coffee? Help is on the way. Last week Fidelity and Bell South Wireless announced that those who trade at least 36 times a year will soon be able to check quotes and trade stocks on the go with a RIM two-way pager and Fidelity's new InstantBroker wireless service ($50 a month). Those who use standard pagers can also have updates and stock alerts sent their...
...what should Clinton have proposed? Even his critics have no concrete plans of their own. Some make vague suggestions about stock market-based fixes. A few states are offering tax breaks as incentives to purchase insurance. But no proposal looks like a national panacea. Other experts suggest raising the Medicaid income eligibility level but can't say how to pay the huge bill. The best chance for a fix may come as 76 million baby boomers retire over the next 30 years--what Clinton calls the "senior boom." That generation could change the face of America again, forcing reform...