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By 4:12 of the second quarter, I've calmed down--but only a little. Can the people sitting around me read my writing? Can I read it? The half begins to wind down, and just as I begin to think that I'm being paranoid, Mike Dowling asks me...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: A Night at the Boston Garden | 3/16/1993 | See Source »

Job reductions alone, however, will not be enough to restore IBM's competitive edge. Distracted by endless rounds of cutbacks, the company lost sight of the ball. IBM fumbled in market after market: it fell behind in computer-chip technology, and it engaged in a self-destructive battle with software...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How IBM Was Left Behind | 12/28/1992 | See Source »

If You Must Make an Epic, Be Sure You Have the Right Subject. Genius is one- tenth inspiration and nine-tenths obsession. Chaplin makes you think it is ten-tenths passivity, a matter of landing in the right place at the right time. So Richard Attenborough's film breaks new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The Christmas Films Don't Sparkle | 12/28/1992 | See Source »

Pearl herself is being pursued by a mysteriously persistent suitor (Marcello Mastroianni) -- a sleek Italian rooster fluttering a hysterical Jewish hen house. She's wary, attracted, distracted all at once. What's worse, she's supposed to be endearingly eccentric. So is everyone else in a film that some idiot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The Christmas Films Don't Sparkle | 12/28/1992 | See Source »

The protracted debate over local Russians has distracted Baltic leaders' attention from other issues. A majority of the 1.8 million ethnic Russians are faced with the prospect of becoming unwelcome foreigners. In Lithuania, where the alien population of 20% poses little threat, all inhabitants received instant citizenship. But in Estonia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia hoped the end of communism meant the beginning of a wonderful life | 12/7/1992 | See Source »

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