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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...decades ago to cheap travel and the Costa del Sol, and though there is farming, fishing and some light industry, it is the island's status as a tax haven that powers the economy. Being an offshore center these days means living under constant scrutiny from industrialized nations anxious about money laundering and their tax revenues. In a globalized, Internet-connected world they worry that the flight of investment and savings to lower tax centers will accelerate. In recent years, the European Union, the Group of Seven richest nations, the International Monetary Fund, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rewards and Fairies | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...when the Tokyo taxi driver, the reporter at Narita airport or the anxious newspaper pollster abroad asks Westerners what they think about Japan, they do not expect a sharp analysis or some illuminating insight. They want a token of admiration for the performance of modern Japan. When taxi drivers or pollsters stop asking that question, when Japanese don't give a damn anymore about what foreigners think of them, we will know that something fundamental has changed. But until that day, which I do not expect to see soon, the country-cousin anxiety will remain as an integral part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Japan Cares What You Think | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

Into this anxious mix have stepped hucksters and marketers who see worried parents as the most promising pigeons. Store shelves groan with new products purported to stimulate babies' brains in ways harried parents don't have time for. There are baby Mozart tapes said to enhance spatial reasoning and perhaps musical and artistic abilities too. There are black, white and red picture books, said to sharpen visual acuity. There are bilingual products said to train baby brains so they will be more receptive to multiple languages. The hard sell even follows kids to the one place you'd think they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Quest For A Super Kid | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...wonder America's swing sets are feeling lonely. With so many roving flashers to elude, so many high-tech skills to master, so many crucial tests to pass and so many anxious parents to reassure, children seem to be playing less and less these days. Even hassled grownups are starting to notice. "We're taking away childhood," says Dorothy Sluss, a professor of early-childhood education at East Tennessee State University. "We don't value play in our society. It has become a four-letter word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Ever Happened To Play? | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...question in a roundabout way because I want to put it in an overall context. What happens in the Middle East affects relations with, obviously now, more so than ever, with other nations in the region, and that includes places like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Those countries are very anxious about what's taking place in the Middle East...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George W. Bush Interview: 'My Job Is to Set Priorities' | 4/27/2001 | See Source »

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