Word: less
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Greenspan is right about lurking price pressures, and a half-point hike is seen as welcome proof of his vigilance. "Fifty basis points means the Fed is in charge again and inflation is under control," he says. "The markets have already discounted it. They're happy about it. Anything less would have be met with disappointment." A half-percent increase also raises the hope that this hike will actually work, slowing the economy enough to remove the need for another increase at the Fed's June 28 sit-down. Which gives Wall Street six weeks to divine Greenspan's will...
...then transcribe their notes to a PC. The tablet PC that we are developing will streamline that process. A small, lightweight, portable device, it will enable you to take notes, dictate, annotate and then seamlessly transfer everything to a PC or any other device. It will make meetings less of a chore...
...talking, however, is the worst kind of estate planning, according to Charles Sabatino of the American Bar Association's commission on legal problems for the elderly. "No decision is a decision, usually for less appropriate, more expensive services and more agony for family members." If the parents haven't disclosed any information, "it is a nightmare to unwind the details of the estate," says Michael Davis, an Orlando, Fla., financial planner. "Then the onus is on the child, who not only has lost a parent but now also has this terrible burden"--one that is both financial (paying expenses...
...right, we may all live to regret our tube-trolling ways. At a meeting of the American Academy of Neurology last week, they reported that people who remain active outside of work by taking up such stimulating activities as painting, gardening or playing a musical instrument are three times less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease as they age than their more intellectually passive peers. I always suspected that the box would turn my mind to mush, and here's the proof...
There isn't much data about whether lifestyle choices, like the ones the Cleveland groups investigated, can help delay the onset of Alzheimer's. A French study five years ago found that older folks who travel, do odd jobs and garden are less likely to have Alzheimer's than more sedentary seniors. But those results could just as easily indicate that people in the earliest stages of Alzheimer's are less likely to be active...