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...understand the anxiety you feel as you begin your trek, and the continuing malaise you harbor even as you pick up speed. And I understand it is not from laziness, nor lack of motivation, that these feelings originate. It is the events which have taken their toll on you. But you can lose their burden in me. Yours is a burden which ought not exist. It dissipates, you know...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: To a Runner, From the Charles | 10/2/1997 | See Source »

SIHL operations are concentrated in three major areas: infrastructure, automobile parts and cigarettes. About half of 1997 earnings are expected to come from such things as the toll highway leading from Hongqiao international airport to Shanghai's inner ring road, and the North-to-South Elevated Expressway cutting through downtown. About 20% to 30% will derive from a joint venture that makes chassis, front suspensions, rear axles, steering and shock absorbers for the Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co. The third revenue stream is produced by Nanyang Bros. Tobacco Co., a Hong Kong manufacturer of the popular Double Happiness cigarettes, which last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A TOUCH EXOTIC | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

...Strong economy. With unemployment low and concerns about corporate job cutting abated, consumer confidence is high. Demand for housing is bursting at the seams. Luxury builder Toll Bros. recently posted record quarterly earnings, revenues, signed contracts and back orders. Through July, existing homes were selling at a record annual rate of more than 4 million. Much of the activity is baby boomers' trading up to bigger houses, a trend that N.A.R. economist Fred Flick says will persist. So there's no reason to expect house prices to lose out to inflation in the foreseeable future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEND YOUR MONEY HOME | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

BLOOD APPEAL The summer doldrums have taken their toll on blood supplies.Two-thirds of the American Red Cross's blood regions are reporting less than a two-day stock of type-O blood. Donors must be healthy, 17 years or older and weigh 110 lbs. or more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Sep. 22, 1997 | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

...populace than in the countryside. The officials refuse to discuss the UNICEF estimate that 80,000 children may soon die. They will say only that the famine is responsible for at least several dozen deaths caused by disease. They claim they are unable to provide a precise death toll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A VISIT TO THE LAND OF THE VANISHING LAKE | 8/25/1997 | See Source »

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