Word: bitefuls
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Most important, of course, because the Federal Reserve under Chairman Alan Greenspan has been raising interest rates for just short of a year to slow a runaway boom. Members of TIME's board differ considerably on how soon and how hard those rate hikes will bite. But all agree on two predictions: 1) there will indeed be a slowdown; 2) the chance that it will turn into a recession is, in Sinai's word, "zero." Diane Swonk, chief economist of Bank One and president of the National Association for Business Economics, declares, "I expect this expansion to last until...
...subject, and so is Al Gore. And now, in New York, the Republican establishment (including Governor George Pataki) has caved in to this corruption of legal process, embracing a hate crimes bill for the admittedly sound political reason that - in a world governed by simple-minded sound bite - to come out against a hate crime law is to seem guilty of (anti-gay, anti-minority) hate oneself. The retreat of principle before political correctness and fatuous self-congratulation may be irreversible in America. Soft fascism advances under the banner of Feelings...
...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...
There were three ways to deal with her: A) wait until she did it again and then confront her about it B) bite the bullet and talk to her or C) talk to her immediate superior about how to handle the situation...
...publicly offer their support. While a substantial part of the military would like to forget Pinochet and move on, there are still elements who believe what the dictatorship did was necessary to root out communists." But even if they growl a little, Chile's generals are not expected to bite. "Short of overthrowing the government again, which they're very unlikely to attempt, the military is unlikely to have much leverage over Pinochet's fate," says McGirk. His best hopes, once again, are the doctors, since the Chilean judges' decision rests on the proviso that he be examined to establish...