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...crazy fool. I hate him. He is my worst enemy!" Well, I think you are very rude, and I won't dignify your crass remarks with comment here. I can only say "trust me." You must remember who we are dealing with--these are people who excitedly purchase expensive Egg-dicers because extra spoonsets are included free of charge...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Morons and Millions | 10/8/1987 | See Source »

...expenses are spiraling out of reach faster than college costs, which have been increasing about 7% annually. How is a family's nest egg supposed to keep up? A new special-purpose financial institution, the College Savings Bank of Princeton, N.J., is offering a novel solution: a certificate of deposit featuring an interest rate tied to an annual index of higher-education costs. Says Bank Chairman Peter Roberts: "With us, families have shifted the risk ((of rising tuition and inflation)) from the household to the bank." Even if a child skips college, the parents can still cash in the CollegeSure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTING: Hitching a Ride On Tuition Bills | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

...when pro football players walked out for 57 days in a bid for a larger percentage of television spoils, the atmosphere was quite different. No substitutes walked in. Last week the flotsam and jetsam from past N.F.L. camps, the U.S.F.L. and summer Arena Football were bused past jeering and egg-throwing picketers and delivered into the hesitant custody of shell-shocked coaches. At first inspection, Ray Perkins of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers judged, "A few are in poor shape; a couple are in no shape at all." The Washington Redskins' Joe Gibbs said, "It's one-two-three again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Penalties for Delay of Game | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

...Binder twins represent a rare natural anomaly. Siamese twins, who usually die at or before birth, occur in only one out of 100,000 deliveries, the result of an incomplete division of the fertilized egg in forming identical twins. Only one out of every 2 million births produces twins who are joined at the head. Because of the way the Binder babies were attached, their prospects were especially bleak. Without surgical intervention, says Rogers, who is chief of pediatric intensive care, "they would have had to remain bedridden for as long as they lived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: An Hour When Life Stood Still | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

...Egg Harbor Township, N.J., a large fecal deposit closes down a stretch of water for several days...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: It's a Sea of Troubles | 9/17/1987 | See Source »

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