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Spring/Summer 2002

Warp Speed: How Life Has Changed Since 1980

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Contents

INTRODUCTION
A World of Change in 20 Years
STATISTICS
Just the Facts: 1980 and 1999
THE ECONOMY
Two (Pleasant) Economic Surprises
EXERCISES
TECHNOLOGY
Technology Trifecta
THE WORKPLACE
On the Job
HEALTH CARE
In Sickness and in Health
THE AUTOMOBILE
Behind the Wheel
LEISURE
In Our Spare Time
PERSONAL FINANCE
Handling Our Money
EDUCATION
Reflections on the Way Life Used to Be
Answers to Exercises

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