Word: tis
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...Tis the week after Christmas, and all through the retail sector, businesses hope that something a little more is stirring. Businesses, in fact, are hoping that the 2000 holiday shopping season isn't over - but that it's just getting ready for its second...
...wintertime. In our materialistic society, 'tis the season for conspicuous consumption. As the leaves crunch underfoot and the air turns frigid, the unending Christmas advertising blitz reminds us once again that our world is one in which a Tickle Me Elmo can be worth more than it's weight in gold, where Toys-R-Us has become the pilgrimage destination for the devout, and where we, facing an empty bank account and the expectations of a hundred friends and relatives, are supposed to have no choice but to be grateful that Visa (and our emergency line of credit) really...
...TIS THE SEASON: TAXES AND GIVING O.K., so you're not Bill Gates, and you don't have a charity named after you. But you could start a "poor man's foundation." Such charities, better known as donor-advised funds, allow investors to make irrevocable contributions with relatively low minimums. Generally, these funds pool donations into portfolios; the donor then "advises" the fund on how to spend the money. And if you start one before Dec. 31, you can take the tax deduction--typically up to 50% of your adjusted gross income for cash gifts and 30% for appreciated properties...
Once upon a halftime dreary, while we rooted, weak and weary, In between the interceptions and the growing Yalie score-- While the Elis kept on creeping toward the lead that we were keeping We heard an Ibis gently weeping, in the grip of cruel captors-- "'Tis old Thresky," we exulted, "in the grip of cruel captors!" "He must be free forevermore...
...TIS-SHIELD--A tissue heat-sealed to a plastic sheet covers the hand to prevent unseemly blow-throughs and germ exposure...