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...ignored this evidence in his report. The final procedure adopted by the Ministry of Defense press office - giving out biographical snippets about Kelly and allowing journalists to play 20 Questions until they hit upon the right name - seemed to those familiar with Blairite press management a typical too-clever-by-half ploy, crafted to out Kelly without leaving fingerprints. Hutton was right that some officials around Blair legitimately worried they had to get Kelly's name out or be accused of misleading parliamentary investigations into the WMD dossier. But he couldn't bring himself to acknowledge that decent and malign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Escape Artist | 2/1/2004 | See Source »

...have to bring their own food. JetBlue, which started flying four years ago from its New York base, was the game changer. Its spanking new Airbus jets, live satellite TV and consumer-friendly policy of never bumping a passenger have significantly raised customer expectations of low-fare carriers. Its clever marketing campaign drew passengers who in the past might have shunned off-brand airlines. Indeed, the densest concentration of JetBlue passengers can be found in Manhattan's affluent Upper East Side. The airline, which has 214 flights to 22 cities and carried 9 million passengers last year, is likely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Friendlier Skies | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

...simplest level, GarageBand lets you lay down loopsprerecorded short riffs by drums, bass, piano and so on. There are 1,000 loops to choose from on the basic software and 2,000 more on the $99 add-on, Jam Pack. Here's the clever bit: the loops are arranged not just by instrument but also under mood-based headings like "Relaxed," "Intense," "Cheerful" and so on. Click and drag your loops into the score, and they become interactive. You can stretch and splice them like lumps of Play-Doh. In just 10 minutes I found I could intuitively assemble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: The Virtual Virtuoso | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

Corker, Hersh and Morris decided instead to rename their site Hahvahdpahties.com, which Acting Associate Dean of the College for Student Affairs Judith H. Kidd, in an e-mail to the group, called “a clever solution to the name problem...

Author: By Marin J.D. Orlosky, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Party Website Changes Name | 1/23/2004 | See Source »

...loyalty of those in the Republican Party who subscribe to a unilateralist foreign policy. Having secured this support, Bush can now occupy the middle ground. The political nuances at play here are highly sophisticated. The President is always discounted as a political neophyte, but in truth he is extremely clever. ANDREAS STAVROPOULOS Scarborough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 19, 2004 | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

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