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...only if those emotions are real and rare. Who isn't averse to kicking his or her opponent in the shins but does it gently and cleverly. Who radiates good sense, common decency and calm. Who is not afraid to deliver bad news. Who is not afraid to admit a mistake. And who, above all, abides by the motto that graced Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Oval Office: let unconquerable gladness dwell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pssst! Who's behind the decline of politics? [Consultants.] | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

...will admit my own prejudice: my deep affection and respect are for those who volunteer to serve our nation and therefore shoulder, in those thin ranks, the nation's most sacred obligation of citizenship. To those of you who don't know, our country has never been served by a more competent and professional military. For that reason, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's recent statement that "we" made the "right strategic decisions" but made thousands of "tactical errors" is an outrage. It reflects an effort to obscure gross errors in strategy by shifting the blame for failure to those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Iraq Was a Mistake | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

...estranged wife and other accusers, a drinker, a thief and a liar. The Greenwich police department isn't saying much yet, which is understandable since its officers should be busy speaking to the many victims whom Kissel defrauded over the years. Last week he was set to admit in federal court that he had cheated financial companies out of millions of dollars. According to the Times, Kissel forged documents to pretend that he owned properties so that he could borrow against them. He also admitted pilfering millions of dollars from a Manhattan apartment building on whose board he once served...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: When Murder Runs In The Family | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

...Yahoo has to tread very carefully,” Fleischmann said. “If they admit they know the extent of the problem, they could get sued...

Author: By Shannon E. Flynn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Student: Yahoo! Profits from Fraud | 4/7/2006 | See Source »

Though McGrath Lewis said that working the system in this manner “is not the thing to worry about, security-wise,” she added after hearing of the Columbia applicants’ cleverness, “I am shaking my head, I’ll admit...

Author: By Benjamin L. Weintraub, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Thick Envelope Takes On New Weight | 4/7/2006 | See Source »

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