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Being narrowly focused, Winslow doesn't make small mistakes. Robinson and co-manager Matt Patsky hold fewer than 50 stocks, the annual turnover exceeds 100%, and the fund can be a roller coaster. Winslow slumped 9.2% in the second quarter, trailing the overall market. Concentrating on just a few dozen stocks has its merits: Robinson gets to know the management teams personally and follows their actions closely. "There isn't a company in our portfolio that we can't call and talk to the CEO," he says. But jump in at the wrong juncture, and you could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Investing: Good, but Better | 10/15/2006 | See Source »

ANOTHER RIDE ON THE ROLLER COASTER, MR. SHEEN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 9, 2006 | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

...army convoy rattled through Al-Adhamiya like a carnival roller coaster, each turn as blind as the next. Not that the soldiers could see much anyway. Night had fallen on the old Baghdad quarter, a byzantine maze lit only by kerosene lamps flickering from rugged stone houses. We moved warily in the darkness, patrolling for insurgents in blind alleys custom-made for ambushes and narrow passages perfect for concealing roadside bombs. It was anyone's bet who faced a more dire risk, the hunted in terrorist cells or the hunters in humvees, along with whom I was riding under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How I Lost My Hand But Found Myself | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

...advice is trite, it’s heartfelt: keep an open mind and be ready for what the year may deal you. It isn’t unlikely that it’ll be more interesting or complex than anything you’ve prepared for. A fantastic roller coaster ride awaits you in Cambridge...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Year Ahead: Rashes, Refreshments, and Naked Runs | 8/28/2006 | See Source »

...Smith's devotional and very valuable website, I'd judge that this was either April or November 1960.) After the set, Lenny came over to the bar, where my brother was. When Paul said he had a kid brother who was a big fan. Lenny picked up a paper coaster and wrote on it: "To Richard ? Your friend, Lenny Bruce." A relic sadly lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tribute to Lenny Bruce | 8/10/2006 | See Source »

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