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Sources: Good News--New England Journal of Medicine (1/6/00); The Lancet (12/11/99). Bad News--Environmental Science & Technology (2/1/00); Stroke (1/7/00)

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Jan. 17, 2000 | 1/17/2000 | See Source »

MAGELLAN'S RISK Fidelity wants to allow its Magellan Fund to invest as much as 25% of its assets in one company--up from 5%. This will potentially lessen the fund's diversification and increase its risk. If that worries you, better check the fine print of your other funds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Jan. 17, 2000 | 1/17/2000 | See Source »

DON'T FILL IN THE BLANKS Tired of having to type in your life story every time you want to book travel plans on the Web? You aren't the only one. More than 40% of Web users are loath to go to a site that makes them register. Thankfully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Jan. 17, 2000 | 1/17/2000 | See Source »

TAX DANCE Got a big tax debt that you can't handle? Negotiate. Last year the number of cases the IRS settled for less than full payment markedly increased. The agency figures it's better to get some money than none at all. You will have to prove that the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Jan. 17, 2000 | 1/17/2000 | See Source »

Twice PATRICK O'BRIAN consented to come to the U.S. to promote his books, queasy engagements because he was shy and reclusive and edgy about any attempt at curiosity about him and his life and his (obfuscated) personal history. A BBC reporter once asked when the grapes ripened in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogies: Eulogies: Patrick O'Brian | 1/17/2000 | See Source »