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...None of this is to say that all cockiness leads to ruin - sometimes it's what's needed for a leader seeking greatness. During his brief presidency, John F. Kennedy had the preposterous idea that the CIA could topple the government of Cuba and the equally foolish notion that the U.S. could put a man on the moon before 1970. One plan led to the Bay of Pigs, the other to the Sea of Tranquility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Powerful People Overestimate Themselves | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

...feel guilty for what I have done, I go to mosque. There I am invited to jihad, and I am given a license for paradise. That is where crime and terrorism meet." From the LeT stall, Qasab was directed to the group's offices, where after a brief interview, he was given the address of a training camp and money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Making of a Mumbai Terrorist | 3/8/2009 | See Source »

...followed by Hurricanes Dennis, Katrina, Rita and Wilma in 2005 - not to mention the various droughts, tornadoes, wildfires and tropical storms that have visited the state during his nearly 15-year tenure as assistant director and then director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management. (Read "A Brief History Of FEMA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FEMA Chief W. Craig Fugate | 3/6/2009 | See Source »

...Disease Control for breast- and cervical-cancer screening, but unless the patient knows exactly which clinic is utilizing those federal funds on a specific day and time, the screening may not be covered by the CDC funds, McCourt says. Specialists can guide patients through that bureaucratic maze and brief them on the right questions to ask and even the right language to use when making an appointment to ensure the screening is covered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cancer and Insurance: Who Do You Call? | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...vote, but protests spread throughout the state in the days immediately after the vote. Several groups sued, arguing that stripping away the right to marriage amounted to such a serious change to the constitution that it should require more than a simple majority vote. (Read "A Brief History of Gay Marriage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gay Marriage: Is California's Supreme Court Shifting? | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

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