Word: weeks
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...than 80% of nearly 500 children in the survey play sports. No interest in reading? Four-fifths of TV-free children have above-average reading skills; 41% read an hour or more a day. Fractured family time? Nine of 10 families eat dinner together at least four times a week. Overall they average nearly an hour a day of meaningful conversation. "It seems like such a simple solution," says Brock...
...such start-ups as Internet telephony player Pagoo and e-commerce firm Auctionwatch. Much like shares in a regular, closed-end mutual fund, meVC shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: MVC). Unfortunately, because of this year's groggy market, meVC shares closed at $12.88 last week, down 36% from their initial price of $20. Since VC bets are notoriously risky, many critics think small-time investors shouldn't be fooling around with this business. Freudenthal counters that as long as you're betting only a small portion of your portfolio, 2% to 4%, "a professionally managed, diversified...
...says Cabernets and motor oils can't share the same shelves? Certainly not Wal-Mart, which last week began selling its own line of wines at about $6 a bottle. A bargain, no doubt. But drinkable? To find out, we asked three top New York City sommeliers to do a blind taste test...
...fine print: totals reflect pledges and proposals made beginning the week of May 29, 2000, when we first began tracking...
...There is one more wild card: Both camps are looking over their shoulders at this week's Middle East peace summit. If President Clinton comes home bearing good news, Gore will want to maneuver himself into the spotlight as a key member of the Clinton foreign relations team - while simultaneously distancing himself from the diplomatic failures associated with the renewed violence. Meanwhile, look for the governor to paint the clashes as a tragedy that might have been avoided by a more comprehensive and forward-thinking approach to foreign policy...