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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Society and the parents tap, and sometimes smash, the Gaos back into their assigned roles. But the moral shading in Peacock is as rich as the cinematography, and moments of great poignancy?the mother's efforts to persuade the prettiest girl in town to have dinner with her retarded son, the lengths to which the sister goes to defend her brothers from bullies?temper the hardness the Gao children sometimes display. Gu packs his film with vivid period details: boys play hacky-sack with a flaming chestnut, a couple preserves eggs in handfuls of sticky mud, a family's supply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dreams Meet Reality | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

...about is the extreme paranoia that sets in about the potential threat to your fetus from everything you eat, drink, breathe, wear or even think about. Forget alcohol, cigarettes and Valium. When a woman is on the nest, the inadvertent ingestion of cheese, fish, undercooked meat or unfiltered tap water is enough to provoke a shrieking phone call to the poison-control hotline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Earth Mothers on Patrol | 4/10/2005 | See Source »

With college-acceptance letters in the mail, hefty bills are sure to follow. If you're tempted to tap your home equity to help cover the tab, conditions are favorable. Real estate values are high, and interest rates low. Those not subject to the alternative minimum tax may also get a tax benefit. Here's a guide to the options. --By Ellen McGirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: Tuition: On the House? | 4/10/2005 | See Source »

HELOCs let you tap the equity in your home as cash. You use checks or credit cards linked to the HELOC to draw on the money as needed. The average interest rate nationwide is 5.95%, but the debt on HELOCs is variable, meaning the rate you pay can go up over time. While the repayment period on HELOCs can vary from five to 20 years, these loans are better for those who expect to pay everything back within a few years, limiting the risk of rising rates. Note: because HELOCs are considered revolving credit, if you max out your line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: Tuition: On the House? | 4/10/2005 | See Source »

Today, nearly three years divorced from its last Ivy championship, it is that power supply which Harvard will be looking to tap into once again...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BASEBALL 2005: The Book of Klimkiewicz | 4/8/2005 | See Source »

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