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...shoreline from Sochi - the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics. But Koval's reckoning of future wealth turned sour early this year when it started looking as if a government decree requisitioning his property for Olympic development could render his home and source of income all but worthless. "The prospect of confiscation has killed the real estate market in the area," says Koval. "Who is going to buy if we all know that the state takes over?" Thousands of other homeowners around Sochi share his worry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Sochi | 5/14/2008 | See Source »

Kristoff, a music presenter on the popular TV channel Telehit, also launched scathing criticisms of emos. In a rant packed with curses, he said it was a worthless movement of pubescent girls who fancied the lead singers of bands. However, following the mob violence, he condemned the assailants for being cowardly and said his program was just aimed at having...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico's Emo-Bashing Problem | 3/27/2008 | See Source »

...When that red phone rings in the middle of the night, it probably won't be the National Security Adviser saying Osama bin Laden has struck again. It will be the Treasury Secretary reporting that markets have opened in the Far East and the dollar has become worthless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dumb Money | 3/27/2008 | See Source »

...above and the rock all around reinforce the inescapable fact that this land was a desert, is a desert and always will be a desert. When the American explorer J.C. Ives visited the present location of the Hoover Dam in 1857, he declared the land "worthless," adding, "There is nothing there to do but leave." Today's residents are hoping there's another choice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Lake Mead | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

Millions of stock options granted to rank-and-file employees in the late 1990s are set to expire worthless in the next few years--a sobering reminder that when it comes to your compensation, there is no substitute for cash, and when it comes to your long-term financial security, there are no can't-miss lottery tickets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Consider Your Options | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

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