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...realize to our horror that Nature has merely to shrug, to flick a finger, as it were, and hundreds of thousands of us are broken, entire nations thrown into chaos and grief. It is the ultimate reminder of our common fragility, of just how precarious our species' ridiculously brief sojourn on this earth really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shock and Awe | 1/24/2005 | See Source »

...local governments in places like Galveston County that had allowed their employees to opt out of government retirement plans and invest the proceeds in private funds--yielding legends of courthouse janitors retiring with $750,000 nest eggs. As Bush planned his first presidential campaign, he brought in experts to brief him on how privatization had worked in places like Chile, and even Sweden--surely one of the rare instances of a Republican taking the lead from a country known for a near socialist welfare system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There Really A Crisis? | 1/16/2005 | See Source »

...realize to our horror that Nature has merely to shrug, to flick a finger, as it were, and hundreds of thousands of us are broken, entire nations thrown into chaos and grief. It is the ultimate reminder of our common fragility, of just how precarious our species' ridiculously brief sojourn on this earth really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shock and Awe | 1/16/2005 | See Source »

...despite his fatigue, Wollner scored again for the Crimson in the 500-yard freestyle, placing third as Harvard pulled away following a brief surge by the Midshipmen...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Iron Man' Takes 1,650 Free | 1/10/2005 | See Source »

Aside from Navy junior Joe Smutz’s win in the 50-yard freestyle, Harvard captured each event heading into the first diving break. And, surprisingly, it was that brief respite—and not the strain of non-stop swimming—that finally began to get to Wollner...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Iron Man' Takes 1,650 Free | 1/10/2005 | See Source »

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