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                                                         THE POWER OF RESIDUAL INCOME                                      Have you ever fantasized about writing a hit           record or a best-selling book then spending the rest of           your life collecting fat royalty checks?            Unfortunately, for 99.9% of us, that's a fantasy that           will never come true.                           Network marketing has something just as good as           royalties.  It's called "residual income," and           basically means that for the work you do today, you can           earn money today, AND for many years to come.                           Top corporate executives and time clock punchers           alike are leaving the nine to five routine in record           numbers.  Home based business is being called one of           the few hot spots in today's business climate.                           Despite allegations that multi-level marketing is          

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                                                               Medical Expenses                                 38) A critical strategy for maximizing medical expense           deductions is known as "bunching." The idea is to pay           as many medical bills in one year as possible.  The           7.5% floor on medical expense deductions requires this           tactic.  Once your medical bills for the year exceed           the floor, all expenses above that amount are fully           deductible.  So you want to make payments that year           whenever possible instead of waiting until next year           when you must start trying to exceed the floor again.                When emergency care and necessary surgery occur,           you can do little to change the timing.  But you can           influence elective surgery and continuing care           expenses.  The first step is to determine how likely           you are to exceed the 7.5% floor this year.  If you are      

                              Opening Format                              by Tony Curro     A few days ago you stuffed yourself with turkey. Now, it is time to     do your Christmas shopping. I hope you checked out my picks last     month to help in your purchases. There were many programs that I did     not touch on last month. I mainly focused on utilities and games. No     word processors were mentioned. The reason was that I had not yet     looked at MS Word 6.0 for Windows. After looking at it, I feel that     if you purchase it, or WordPerfect 6.0 for Windows, you will not be     disappointed. These are the two big pro grams for Windows. Both     companies have improved and enhanced their products. Word has made     it easy for WordPerfect users to make an almost painless switch. On     the other hand WordPerfect has made its program more windows-like,     which is a big plus. I have used both products, and do not have any     negative comments about them.     Our News column thi