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...Bagchi, author of another IIT novel, Above Average, says young Indians want to read about themselves "not entirely as an act of narcissism but also as part of a process of adapting to, and learning to live in, a social milieu that is evolving faster than most people can comprehend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techie Lit: India's New Breed of Fiction | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

That sort of clarity is new. At the beginning of the year, Donna Brazile said of Obama, "We know he can walk on water - now where are the loaves and fishes?" The inability to describe his priorities, the inability to speak directly to voters in ways they could easily comprehend, plagued Obama through much of the primary season. His tendency to use big rhetoric in front of big crowds led to McCain's one good spell, after Obama presumptuously spoke to a huge throng in Berlin after his successful Middle East trip. Only a President should make a major address...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Barack Obama Is Winning | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

McCain, John •alleged failure of Obama to comprehend things is repeatedly pointed out by •comprehension of things is asserted to by Obama •conservatives appalled by Palin are dismissed as "Georgetown Cocktail Party" people by •hand of Obama is reluctantly shaken by as eyes of look elsewhere •"horseshit!" is twice muttered during debate by •medical records of are still insufficiently disclosed by •Michigan is given up on by •unfairness of life is bemoaned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slansky's Weekly Wrapup | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...Traditionally, human beings are not great at assessing this kind of risk - a peril that has not yet arrived and that is, in any case, hard to viscerally imagine. Witness people's reluctance to evacuate before hurricanes, and weather forecasts portend a danger far easier to comprehend than failing investment banks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Aren't Americans Buying the Bailout? | 10/1/2008 | See Source »

...maybe they're too close to their own beats. Maybe the effect of a credit freeze is so obvious and transparent to them that they can't quite comprehend how anyone could not understand its impact. That's not a service to the audience, but it's the impression I've gotten at times even from business journalists I normally admire. Last night on PBS's NewsHour, for instance, an anchor put the question to the New York Times' Joe Nocera. I've heard him discuss business news in layman's terms masterfully on NPR for years; if anyone could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Media to Blame for the Bailout Bust? | 9/30/2008 | See Source »

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