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Such is the danger of the analogy-packed way we choose to discuss the economy. We talk of the housing "bubble," of stocks "skyrocketing" and "cratering," of the credit "crunch," of the possibility of "zombie" banks. These are not rigorous terms. And yet through them we view the world - often in imprecise, flawed ways that don't even necessarily carry the same imprecise, flawed meanings from person to person. From there we make some pretty hard-core decisions. If we hadn't so consistently been talking about the potential for financial "collapse" or economic "free fall" late last year, maybe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Green Shoots': The Trouble with Economic Metaphors | 5/22/2009 | See Source »

...each containing 30 lb. of C-4. The informant allegedly told them he got the missile and explosives from Jaish-e-Mohammed. The three plotters were then said to have taken the devices back to Newburgh, where two days later, all four plotters met to inspect the devices and discuss logistics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Riverdale Bomb Plot Unraveled | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

That really comes through when you talk about work-life balance, that you know whereof you speak on that. But what I wondered, as I listened to you the other day talking about we need to discuss what happens when a child is sick and you don't have paid sick leave or need to discuss on-site child care and things, it seems like we have been discussing those. The point is now, how do you take shining the light you're shining on an issue like that? What then happens? Because that's sort of about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with the First Lady | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

...concentrate all her public events into a couple of days a week, leaving her free to sit in a lawn chair at the soccer field watching the girls play. Then there are the parent-teacher conferences, the play, the birthday party, the calls with parents to discuss the sleepover. "Kids force you into a normalcy," she says, "that, you know, it even trumps this [place] in some ways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Meaning of Michelle Obama | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

...considering a range of ways to raise additional funding, including selling minority stakes in its existing Macau properties or listing its Macau operation on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The company "continues to pursue and consider a variety of options," says a Las Vegas Sands spokesman, who declined to discuss details. The company said it hopes to restart construction on the Cotai project by the end of the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fortunes Fade for Macau's Casino Kings | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

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