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Word: ways (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
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...that doesn't work, Professor Otnes suggests that a popular way to get rid of bad gifts is to recycle them. I, for instance, have other brothers who like steak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keep the Receipt | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

...way, the AMT would be first up. Enacted in 1986 to make sure the rich don't dodge taxes by taking big deductions for such things as investment expenses and second mortgages, this tax now soaks even the middle class. Next year 1% of all tax filers will pay it--double the percentage of a few years ago. Many AMT victims earn well under $100,000 a year. By 2010, 10% of filers will pay the AMT, a complicated tax that effectively takes back deductions for Everyman expenses like state property and income levies and medical care as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Too Taxing | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

...walk through first), and assuming you're not checking it (never, ever check your laptop), one thing you don't have to worry about is the X-ray machine. It's safe. The FAA swears by it on a stack of PowerBooks. Metal detectors are also safe, by the way, although if you try to take your laptop through, you will probably be pulled aside and subjected to the Wand of Shame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laptop Security | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

...became free: songs could be exchanged from fan to fan across continents, acts were able to reach audiences directly. Much has been made of online music's economic threat (despite the fact that top-selling acts, from Scott Joplin to TLC, have faced money woes doing things the old way), but the Net is also changing the sound of music: rare tracks, remixes and material too strange for stores are now all available with just a click...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

...your cover you asked, "Is this any way to run an election?" [Nov. 27]. My answer is yes. It's exactly how to run an election--without violence or the threat of violence and in a civilized manner that should be the envy of the world. BRUCE STARK New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 18, 2000 | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

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