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When the Internet bubble was in full swing, legends Peter Lynch (who can't work a PC) and Warren Buffett (who won't touch a PC stock) took a fair amount of grief for their technophobic ways. To their credit, they raised awareness of the risks building throughout the stock market--and in tech land in particular. Yet I thought they were wrong to warn individual investors consistently off tech stocks entirely, and I said so in a November 1999 column...
...most of us thrill-seeking Americans - especially the kiddies - scamper away gleefully to comply. People love roller-coasters for the same reason some toddlers giggle happily when their fathers swing them around by an arm and a leg: Behind the dizzying thrills there's a full expectation of being safely returned, flushed and panting, to their mothers' arms. As Ann Brown, chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, put it at a recent hearing on roller coaster safety, "Thrill rides are supposed to give people the illusion of danger - not actually put people at risk...
...There were no outright surprises Monday, but it was interesting that Sandra Day O?Connor and Anthony Kennedy, who have emerged as the court?s key swing votes, took turns siding with the liberal wing of the Court. The presence of one swing vote, however, was generally decisive. A roundup of the decisions...
...dirty with it: in between their animal encounters, the kids can slosh in mud, explore caves and hunt for bugs. Brookfield Zoo, outside Chicago, will open its play zoo this week, offering children (for a $2 fee; $4 for adults) the chance to dress up as lemurs as they swing alongside real ones, or build a house made of sticks for an armadillo. The Dallas zoo opened a similar hands-on facility last year that includes a nature exchange where kids can swap their favorite rock for a snazzier sea shell. Seattle has plans for its play zoo, called Discovery...
...precociously large roster of simple, nigh-perfect tunes, from rave-ups redolent of mid-'60s rock ("You're Pretty Good Looking") to childlike love songs ("We're Going to be Friends.") Jack's vocals and guitar are sharp and plaintive and precise, and Meg's rhythms have drive and swing. Predictably, they wish their music would get all the attention, and don't speak on the record about the sibling issue. One can only speculate about what purpose the fib serves for them, but it seems likely they're loath to gab about their divorce and they hope to exercise...