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...manufacture shoes or garments, the low wage industries that make sense for Vietnam, Manh must convince investors they will find a more business friendly system than ever before. A core issue is the nearly 6,000 state-operated enterprises and their estimated $1.3 billion in bad debts that drain money from the state budget and national banks. The logical step is to sell them to investors who can make them efficient, but there's no transparent system in place for putting a price tag on them. Not surprisingly, foreign investors have shied away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Manh | 1/28/2002 | See Source »

Delaney-Smith took advantage of her team’s size inside to post up Cserny and Johnson, which left Peljto and Tubridy open to drain long-range shots. Better defensive rebounding also got Harvard transition baskets. A fast-break layup by sophomore guard Dirkje Dunham gave the Crimson its largest lead...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hoops Rams Rhode Island | 12/12/2001 | See Source »

...Boosting homeland defense - this one gets included to keep Democrats seeming current - and education, and reining in Bush's rapacious energy program. And putting them all up against tax cuts as a simple choice: Invest in America's future - the fiscally sound way - or flush it all down the drain. These issues have polled positively for Democrats since Bill Clinton, and their Republican colleagues still haven't grown any Bush coattails. And if Daschle figures if he can play tax cuts to a stalemate when Republicans have the House and the White House, he might just be able to turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Daschle's Do-No-Harm Congress | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

...liquid feel. They flow past the eye - rivers of color and skin and light. While most videos on MTV tend to leave the viewer amped up and hyped up and full of energy, Aaliyah 's videos feel like slow, firm back massages. While watching the tension just seems to drain out of your body, leaving you with gentle melodies and insistent rhythms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aaliyah: More Than a Woman | 12/8/2001 | See Source »

...well-rounded. In the team’s comeback win against Lehigh last week, literally everyone made a contribution in the game’s final minute. With Harvard trailing by seven with 1:52 left, Harvey, Coleman and Winter all made key buckets, enabling Elliott Prasse-Freeman to drain the go-ahead jumper when Gellert made a steal...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Life of Brian: M. Hoops May Have Surprises In Store | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

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