Word: although
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Despite the euphoria engendered by the historic summit on both sides of the 1953 cease-fire line, don't expect the border fences to be torn down and chopped into souvenir-size chunks any time soon. "Although the dam wall is showing signs of breaking now and there are huge economic benefits for both sides in working together, both Pyongyang and Seoul have an interest in taking things very slowly," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "North Korea wants to limit the impact of outside contact on its closed ideological system, while South Korea is getting over an economic slump...
...TIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl doesn't see any signs that Greenspan got any more than he bargained for. "The markets are having a little panic about how much this slowdown will affect earnings," he said (although investors warmed up again in the afternoon when Greenspan announced that technology -- gasp! -- was good for productivity). "But right now, it doesn't look like any more than the soft landing, from 5 percent growth to about 3.5 percent, that the Fed has been trying to engineer." In fact, says Baumohl, there are some on the Fed's Open Market Committee...
...RACE? The beefy returns of the past three years have bulked up many 401(k) accounts. But if you're thinking early retirement, first check the fine print. To withdraw money without a 10% penalty, you must work until you're at least 55 (although hanging on till age 59 1/2 gives you a better deal). In either case, you can defer a sharp tax bite by rolling the funds into...
...moral? On television, at least, seniority means squat. Although sinewy Rudy could probably best all those young pups in hand-to-hand combat, he mourned, "I don't even know what MTV means." Maybe the seals should start teaching that...
During 13 episodes, the 16 contestants marooned on the island of Pulau Tiga will vote to remove members until the last one wins a million bucks. What makes this fascinatingly different from MTV's The Real World--besides the vermin and the cash--is that although Survivor cast all ages, only three of the 16 were outside the 18-to-49 demo. It was like a dotcom company: the seniors were demographic and cultural outsiders. As the hotties showed off their abs and pierced nipples, ex-Navy SEAL Rudy Boesch, 72, groused about the kids who wouldn't accept military...