Word: cooperating
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...North Korean leader Kim Jong Il? No wonder the North Koreans feel that they need to have nuclear weapons. Their pride is hurt, and they're scared. The South Koreans are scared too. Seoul, a bustling city of 10.6 million, lies only 30 miles from the Demilitarized Zone. Jack Cooper Van Nuys, Calif...
Hyperbole is nothing new at this annual showcase of just about every gizmo ever featured on, or destined for, an infomercial. The $6 Pizza Fork combines a pizza cutter and fork in one utensil ("Easy! Amazing! Versatile!" screams the flyer). The $80 Cooper Cooler chills a can of soda in 60 sec.--after you add 24 ice cubes and two cups of cold water and plug the thing into the wall...
...selection of three courageous women--Cynthia Cooper of WorldCom, Coleen Rowley of the FBI and Sherron Watkins of Enron--as Persons of the Year was inspiring [Dec. 30--Jan. 6]. Each exemplifies "good work"--work that is excellent in quality and socially responsible. Their stories reveal that each had a strong sense of mission as well as one or more role models who sought to do the right thing. Most important, each was willing to take an unflinching look in the mirror to see whether she was proud or ashamed of the work she was performing. Thanks to your accolade...
...Cooper, Watkins and Rowley are admirable people, but I thought TIME selected Persons of the Year on the basis of their influence on the whole world. I can't see that these whistle-blowers had the slightest influence on global events. The people who changed our lives the most all over the world were the terrorists. Not only do we have to live every day with anxiety and fear, but we must also send our loved ones to war in places like Afghanistan. The terrorists even boosted George W. Bush's popularity and gave his party a victory...
...Some readers felt that Cooper, Rowley and Watkins deserved a better designation than whistle-blowers. "The term has a disloyal and shady connotation," wrote a Connecticut reader. "Surely you could have found a more kindly word to describe what they did." A Los Angeles woman concurred: "Calling them whistle-blowers sold these women short and subtly undermined the example of conviction and courage they set." Joining the chorus was a man from New York State: "The headline did little justice to their contribution to society. How about calling them just plain courageous...