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The American appetite for it reached its apogee in the three decades from the mid-1870s to the early 1900s. This has since been christened, with every reason, the Gilded Age: the time of huge, unfettered industrial expansion; of unassailable and mutually interlocking trusts, combines and cartels; of rampant money...
And almost entirely unpredicted. That's because the performance reflects sea changes in everything from the way Americans work to the nature of defense policies. The cold war's demise has helped reduce the federal deficit, and thus interest rates, by shifting dollars away from military spending. At the same...
In their "saner" moments, these three characters seem to embody some of the ideals and significant moments throughout United States history. Their over-the-top acts, however, draw attention to the thin line that seperates the pursuit of rights from the mad demands of insane men. Nuccio's Guiteau was...
Their arrival in Kinshasa could bring a final round of bloodshed, but the emergence of Kabila and a new generation of leaders in neighboring countries offers a fresh start for the long-suffering region. As a revolutionary, Kabila has yet to prove his devotion to democracy or ethnic even-handedness...
Caring capitalism such as that long practiced in seeming isolation by Ben & Jerry's and a handful of others is boardroom gospel these days. Companies' motives aren't exactly holy. There's plenty in it for them. So just about everyone is giving do-goodership a spin. American Express is...