Word: captains
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...There's really no sign that the economy will overheat soon," says TIME business reporter Bernard Baumohl. "But Greenspan has to maintain his role as captain of the economy. If he admits that the economy is on autopilot -- which it is right now -- the Fed loses its relevance." Usually such vocal vigilance from the Fed chairman portends a hike in interest rates. But Baumohl says Greenspan still hopes that a "soft landing" -- in which the U.S. economy, dulled by Asia's recession, "sort of taps its brakes and cools off on its own" -- will allow him to do nothing...
Although Parker noted that two crew members,Captain Wolfgang M. Moser '98 at sixth-seat andHenry G. Nuzum '99 at seventh-seat, were on thenational team last year, he credited the victoryto the dedication of the entire crew...
Life was infinitely more bitter under Mao. "My generation had the worst luck," says Zhang Shixun, the 48-year-old captain of Feizhang No. 3, a ferry that makes the daily trip from Chongqing downstream to Wanxian. "When we were starting to build our bodies, there was no food (the famines caused by Mao's Great Leap Forward killed more than 20 million). When we started to study, the Cultural Revolution happened, so we were sent to the countryside and stopped learning. Now as we start to make some money, there are all these layoffs. The younger generation will have...
...literary archaeologist, the sinking of the Central America was ideal. Nearly 450 people drowned, but 149 men, women and children were saved, and their accounts of the horror began spreading to the continent's newspapers as soon as rescue ships reached port. Captain Herndon, who went down with his ship, was acclaimed for his heroism, and a memorial was built at Annapolis, Md. As the New York Times wrote afterward, "No story so clear and so appalling has ever before been brought to the firesides of the land...
...team doesn't face that kind of pressure yet, but expectations have been rising as soccer's popularity in America increases. Dooley, an earnest sort, is captain of the best American team ever, as evidenced by its knocking off world champion Brazil 1-0 in a friendly match earlier this year. Foreign-born players like Dooley, who played for the U.S. in the 1994 World Cup, combined with the fast-rising level of home-grown talent have turned the U.S. team from international doormat to contender. "The mix is good for competition within the team," says Steve Sampson, the first...