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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Fourth Plenum of the 17th Congress, which just concluded in Beijing, fits the bill perfectly. In fact, the Plenum, the Party's biggest annual meeting at which major policy and personnel decisions are made, is being compared to the Sherlock Homes storyline in which the most significant clue is something that did not occur - the guard dog that didn't bark on the night of the murder. At the characteristically secretive Plenum, the equivalent clue into the mystery of who will be China's next leader was the fact that Xi Jinping, the man widely touted as the most likely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Succession: Hu's Heir Is Not So Apparent | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

...time that we spend tweeting our thoughts and emotions to our next of kin, we could be writing the great American novel, starting a business, or just living. Maybe on the not-so-distant morning when I wake up and realize I have don’t have a clue how to zinf, it’ll be because I’m doing something more important...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri | Title: Hitting the Technology Wall | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

...occasion, the contestants will jump around the board instead of taking a category with the clues in order. So I decided many years ago I was going to cross the clues off so I do not, in error, go back and reread them. I'm pretty good now. I never read a clue that has a big X through it. That's why they pay me the big bucks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Alex Trebek | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...market recovery built on a good foundation, or are we looking at a house of cards? One clue lies in the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, more commonly known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stock Volatility Is Down. But Is That Good News? | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

...Then the revelation came to me: it was time to try something new. What would it be? The clue was right in front of my eyes...

Author: By Justin W. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IT'S JUSTIN TIME: Find a Cure for Harvard Routine | 9/9/2009 | See Source »

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