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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...left really expect Bush to stock his Cabinet with Democratic appointees? In time, Bush will garner support among objective Democrats, and the country will recognize his leadership skills. Then the childish assertions of the far left will fall on deaf ears. MARK D. MEANEY Dix Hills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 12, 2001 | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

...promontories, Kinmen proved difficult for the attackers to chew and swallow. For several decades the island and mainland remained only on shelling, then on yelling, terms. Bombardment continued intermittently until 1978, and vast p.a. systems broadcast propaganda each way across the narrow straight - truly a dialogue of the deaf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Make Journey Not War on Kinmen Island | 1/29/2001 | See Source »

...England Conservatory," says Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles. "But even if you are tone deaf, Harvard allows you to take a course by a wonderful, distinguished professor...

Author: By Kirsten G. Studlien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Different Tone | 12/7/2000 | See Source »

...emerging from within our human/machine civilization, and the intelligence we are creating is both derivative of and an extension to our human intelligence. We are already placing today's generation of intelligent machines in our bodies and brains, particularly for those with disabilities (e.g., cochlear implants for the deaf) and diseases (e.g., neural implants for Parkinson's patients). By 2030 there will be ubiquitous use of surgery-free neural implants introduced into our brains by billions of "nanobots" (i.e., microscopic yet intelligent robots) traveling through our capillaries. These noninvasive neural implants will routinely expand our mind through direct connection with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Virtual Thomas Edison | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...individual in the political process. Consistent with his overall opinions on government, Bush trusts the people to wisely dictate appropriate campaign expenditures on an individual level, while his opponent trusts the government to manage campaign money. While Vice President Al Gore '69 would like to paint Bush as deaf to the campaign finance cause, Bush's plan does more to protect the people's interest and prevents the control of the system by organizational leaders...

Author: By Mattie J. Germer and Helen A. Woodruff, S | Title: Restoring Individual Choice | 10/26/2000 | See Source »

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