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...minutes to airtime, and Jim Cramer is pacing the set like a caged beast. He scans the five screens on his desk, stops, punches some keys. "Hmm. The Chinese Google plays are up," he mumbles. He furrows his brows, pokes a few more keys. "Whoa. Wells Fargo gave up on the brokerage business." He's talking aloud to himself, which is fine, because this is just a warm-up for the barrage of instant analysis he is about to unleash. Cramer's knack for quick distillation enabled him to build a fortune as a fast-trading hedge-fund manager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stock-Raving Mad | 8/8/2005 | See Source »

...that they almost sound rehearsed. It helps that she's working before everyone else: when she's in Washington, Rice rises at 4:45 a.m. and works out on the elliptical machine she keeps in her apartment at the Watergate. She eats a small breakfast and is at her desk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Condi Doctrine | 8/7/2005 | See Source »

Some time later, love at first sight struck me again. I looked up from my desk one day and saw a smashing redhead coming down the corridor. "Oh, boy, is she pretty!" I said to myself. "I've got to meet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Detour For Love | 8/7/2005 | See Source »

...first, I thought I could tough it out—I’d just go to bed early. But as someone who usually retires at all hours of the night, early for me was still plenty late to leave me exhausted at work. I started dozing at my desk and in meetings. Usually, I could make it through the first couple hours of the morning, but mid-morning and mid-afternoon were danger zones. I worried people were catching my somnolent habits. Finally, I conceded a partial defeat—my body needed help with the hours...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, | Title: Dream Venti | 8/5/2005 | See Source »

...unlike some gossipmongers, my perusal has a half-purpose. While I cannot deny that I have a fascination with the glitterati, my summer internship requires an immersion in celebrity culture. Instead of sitting behind a desk crunching numbers or participating in relief work efforts, my internship with VITALS Magazine has me reading US Weekly and scouting out celebrities at nightclubs Marquee and Bungalow...

Author: By Adam P. Schneider, | Title: Sampling the Celebrity Life | 8/5/2005 | See Source »

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