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...need to think about what you can and can't live with. If you want a saying that's true, here's one: People change, but not that much. Stuff that's bugging you now won't simply disappear. Deciding to change rooms doesn't have to equal a final rejection. It can be the opportunity to spend time together because you want...
Chambers likes to talk in terms of dog years. One human year is equal to seven Internet years. Even the folks at Cisco admit that in this technological revolution they will have to maintain a state of perfect paranoia to stay ahead. Cisco is facing tough competition in the telecom-equipment business, where longtime powerhouses Lucent and Nortel enjoy established expertise and relationships with key customers. "It's one thing to build a network the size of a corporation," says a skeptic, Nortel ceo John Roth, "but it's another to build one the scale of a whole nation...
...Value (in his 40s) rightly signed on for more risk, though less than he wanted at first. His worthy goal: equal parts value and growth; a roughly equal mix of small, large and international stocks totaling 80% of his portfolio; 15% in bonds and 5% in cash. To keep costs down and take on risk slowly, he's going to exchange funds in tax-deferred accounts immediately, getting partway to his goal. He will finish the job during the next 12 months as he invests new money. The best part: with a plan in place, he's already sleeping...
...grows organically out of credible, unexpected characters: the co-worker who offers Theresa comfort but also sees material for a story; the crass but oddly sympathetic porno filmmaker whom Theresa interviews for an article. Boy Gets Girl grasps at big ideas, but reaches the heart and the head with equal force...
...clue that this should be true is a calculation showing that although the strengths of the various forces seem very different when measured in our laboratories, they would all be equal if they could be measured at tiny distances--distances close to those at which the above-mentioned inconsistencies begin to show...