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...aimed to lay the foundation for a grand strategy to fight Islamic terrorists and rogue states by spreading democracy around the world and pre-empting gathering threats before they materialize. And the U.S. wasn't willing to wait for others to help. The approach fit with Bush's personal style, his self-professed proclivity to dispense with the nuances of geopolitics and go with his gut. "The Bush Doctrine is actually being defined by action, as opposed to by words," Bush told Tom Brokaw aboard Air Force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End of Cowboy Diplomacy | 7/9/2006 | See Source »

...rashly. I begot children with a physically and morally inferior person and cannot complain if they turn out accordingly. Only they will accuse me one day when they are old enough; they will be only too right, unfortunately. So send my poor boy wherever you and Bernstein see fit, if you really think something of it. And even if you silently say to yourself that every [effort] is futile, send him anyway, so that my wife and my [Hans] Albert think something is being done against this evil. I am going to try to send 500 marks to Zurich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Einstein: In His Own Words | 7/7/2006 | See Source »

...Fit is important, as it is in any workplace,” Brennand Mueller says. “You’re going to be working long hours for many, many weeks and months...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stairway to Harvard | 7/7/2006 | See Source »

...March -- but MetroNaps co-founder Arshad Chowdhury says he is discovering a new line of business in pods for office use. As he scouted for franchises, he kept getting requests for individual pods that companies could use on-site. To meet the demand, MetroNaps redesigned the pods to fit through doorways and will take orders from July for the new office models...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Place for the Power Nap | 7/6/2006 | See Source »

...token sucker was picked up off the tracks by the cop who chased him there. The blood, the third rail and plenty of fight in the boy made it a task fit for a hero. No medals were awarded, and I confess I did not think of him as much of a hero that first night. But he has lived 25 years with that chase. And 25 years removed, I can admit that I might have chased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When the Diagnosis Is Cynicism | 7/5/2006 | See Source »

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