Word: summer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Newport, RI (served by Greyhound), the financiers who profited from the Industrial Revolution built their summer "cottages"--giant stone mansions, most of which are now open to the public...
...summer the weather is a little tamer, and you can hike up to the summit or take a cog railway...
What ever happened to true love? Financially literate couples planning to walk down the aisle this summer are likely to consider first how their betrothed spent money as a teen, his or her credit-card balance, and the need for a prenup. Bubble-bursting stuff if you believe love conquers all, yet so practical that a cottage industry peddling financial advice to newlyweds has sprung up like a June flower, reminding us that half of all marriages end in divorce and that money is a main culprit. Several books on money talk for newlyweds have hit the stores, and there...
...give a hoot about The Phantom Menace, yet somewhere deep inside, you suspect it won't be a fulfilling summer without a shot of Ewan McGregor. Witness here, then, the Scotsman's fine turn as Nick Leeson, the British futures trader whose fast-and-loose market executions brought down his employer, Barings, the prominent English bank. The film takes a sympathetic view of Leeson, which is fine; the problem is, it never offers a sense of the man behind the mania. What does come through is that Leeson ate a lot of candy during crises. Cadbury wrappers shouldn...
...summer, and that means clothes in summer colors. We thought we knew what those colors were--until we checked with a few of the major summer catalogs. Herewith an only slightly oversimplified glossary...