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...military has barely made a dent in the insurgency. It's hard to imagine how American troops can leave in large numbers without further inflaming the threat to the U.S. Al-Qaeda is stronger now than it was before the invasion of Iraq and under al-Zarqawi has even extended its reach, as proved by the Nov. 9 hotel bombings in Jordan by three of his acolytes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The View from the Front Lines | 11/27/2005 | See Source »

...lost half its assets, it remains a behemoth, which leaves Lange confronting the same hurdle that tripped up Stansky (and even Lynch in the very end): with so much money to invest he will be unable to buy enough shares of a hot small company to make much of dent on the fund's overall performance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the Upheaval at Fidelity | 11/2/2005 | See Source »

...word. They are slaves to drugs, alcohol, and illnesses that they cannot control. Allowing them to remain on the streets is not giving them liberty but withholding it from them. We can afford to offer it back.A massive mandatory rehabilitation program is the only way to make a dent in the oft-ignored homeless crisis. Anyone who’s seen the colorful cast of characters in the Square knows that most won’t seek out assistance on their own. We must provide it for them. The logistics of doing this might at first appear maddeningly difficult...

Author: By John Hastrup, | Title: Homeless and Helpless | 11/1/2005 | See Source »

...this explosion of innovation has a problem, however, it may be that the developments are coming too late to allow a smooth transition to the postpetroleum era. Hydrogen fuel cells, ethanol from vegetable matter, solar cells, wind power, synthetic gasoline from coal--all could make a dent once they are available in sufficient quantities. But that won't be for years, maybe decades, says Richard Heinberg, a professor of culture, ecology and sustainable community at the New College of California in Santa Rosa and the author of The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies. Twenty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Kick the Oil Habit | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

...those same people, about 15 years ago, hatched a plan to use technology to radically transform the way people manage information. Much of what spun out of their efforts-Java, for one thing-has been powerful, but ultimately Sun's technology wasn't cheap or secure enough to really dent Microsoft, Stahlman says. ?For all the people involved, without a doubt, this is their big chance,? he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Google and Sun Slay the Giant? | 10/6/2005 | See Source »

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