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First, put a few thousand dollars into an UGMA account, particularly if you're not likely to qualify for financial aid. The downside is that once your children hit 18, the money can be used at their discretion. But even if they are not college-bound, you're not liable for withdrawal or tax penalties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Pass the Tuition Test | 3/18/2002 | See Source »

...penalty short of criminal assault late in a game as important as last night’s, but referee Scott Hansen whistled Cornell defenseman Doug Murray for roughing with just over a minute left to play. The controversial call infuriated Schafer, the Big Red bench and the few thousand Cornell fans in attendance...

Author: By Elijah M. Alper, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: MIRACLE ON ICE | 3/18/2002 | See Source »

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but when the picture tells a story of violence and victimhood and when the artist herself had lived the picture, the word count quickly approaches a million...

Author: By Stephanie L. Lim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Art as Witness to Nepalese Tragedy | 3/15/2002 | See Source »

...been translated into 36 languages, with 12 million hardcover copies in print. Having spent over three years on the NYT bestseller list, it is now the No. 1 hardcover of all time, outselling "Gone with the Wind" and "Love Story." On April 23, John M. Hardy will publish "A Thousand Country Roads: An Epilogue to the Bridges of Madison County." Says his publisher, "For a decade, millions of readers have been eagerly waiting to learn the fate of Robert Kincaid and Francesca Johnson. This May, reviewers will have the opportunity to fulfill people's expectations by interviewing the man responsible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Galley Girl: Sharpton and Seagulls | 3/13/2002 | See Source »

...slowly realized that her neighbors had begun to refuse to bury their dead. She met Lei Yuanpu; he says some of his 29-year-old son's killers were set free by police after paying a bribe of nearly a thousand dollars. The son's uninterred coffin rests on a flax-covered hillside overlooking Lanshan's valley. She met Liang Fuxiu, who says one of her husband's murderers bribed his way out of jail. The husband's coffin sits aboveground in a field behind the couple's home. Anonymous villagers began slipping notes under Li's door with stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bodies of Evidence | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

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