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--CREDIT CARDS/DEBTS Get rid of them. That's standard advice, and it's not easy to follow. But you don't want to enter a period of weak pay increases and diminished job security with hard-to-afford debt. Pay down high-rate debt first, and because rates should decline...
In fact, some thriller fans may feel that Wilson drags out the suspense a tad longer than is strictly necessary. But more patient readers will find plenty to divert them along the way. Coelho, for example, is not simply a plot functionary but an interesting and sympathetic character in his...
Martin's Greenspan is a better read. A former FORTUNE writer, Martin gives us a real biography, one that winds through Greenspan's geeky youth (band, glee club, math nerd) to his stint as a professional clarinet player and time spent in the inner circle of author Ayn Rand, and...
a "Only a cigarette burn," referring to the brand his fraternity gave to new pledges, in 1967 b "Why do you keep writing things down?" to a Times reporter in 1998 c "Freebird!" at a Marshall Tucker Band show, in 1974 d "Was it not Shakespeare's King Richard III...
DON'T INHALE In case anyone is still wondering, air pollution kills. A study shows that in large cities, every 1% increase in the concentration of a type of pollution known as fine particulate matter results, on average, in one more death a day. The fine particles, each less than...