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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Then one Christmas, in the process of trying to round up a Christmas tree for the Deke house, Bush and some fraternity brothers cast their eyes on a wreath hanging in front of a local store. The Deke house could use just such a wreath, they decided...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bush Spent Undergrad Years Away From Politics | 11/17/1999 | See Source »

This number is supposed to reveal the place of manufacture, he says, but many companies use their RN number to indicate some address in the U.S. where the goods pass through...

Author: By Gregory S. Krauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tracing the Source of Apparel | 11/16/1999 | See Source »

...Universities have a moral and social obligation to use the leverage they have to begin to make a change," he says. "And that's what they've already started doing...

Author: By Gregory S. Krauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tracing the Source of Apparel | 11/16/1999 | See Source »

...inevitabilities of modern life: death, taxes - and, for the moment, ATM fees. Monday, a federal judge in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction against a ban on ATM banking fees that city residents approved earlier this month. The measure would block "double dip" charges, fees levied on consumers who use cash machines belonging to banks other than their own. Currently, both the consumer's bank and the ATM operator take a cut, which can result in a hit of up to $3.50 per use. That's a hefty sum to pay for a transaction that costs banks only about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Please Take (Most of) Your Cash | 11/16/1999 | See Source »

...will tell you, financial institutions have to cover the expense of setting up all these ATMs, and if consumers find the fees so unpalatable, they should probably just find a machine operated by their own bank. Many people agree. "I think it's amazing that anyone would expect to use another bank's ATM without paying a fee," says TIME finance writer Daniel Kadlec. And what about moments when you're trapped 60 miles southeast of Oshkosh and you can't find your own ATM machine? "These machines are an extraordinary convenience," says Kadlec, "and if you're desperate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Please Take (Most of) Your Cash | 11/16/1999 | See Source »

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