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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Nong said the alumni office worked hard to publicize the voting and fix the problem...

Author: By Samantha L. Groden, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Senior Class Marshals Named | 10/12/2004 | See Source »

Road to Wellness Don Barlett and Jim Steele's plan to fix the health-care crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Table of Contents: Oct. 11, 2004 | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...became simplistic evasions. He used "mixed signals" or "mixed messages" eight times. Having been carefully sheltered throughout his presidency from the press and from voters who disagree with him, Bush seemed ill-prepared for disagreement. The most stunning moment came when Kerry closed a tough exchange about how to fix Iraq by saying the difference is, "I have a plan to do it. He doesn't." Bush, out-simpled, allowed the exchange to end there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Race Is What We've Now Got | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...HOMELAND SECURITY: "The President hasn't put one nickel ... into the effort to fix some of our tunnels and bridges and most exposed subway systems. That's why they had to close down the subway in New York when the Republican Convention was there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHO STRETCHES THE TRUTH? | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...humans are gamblers by nature, incorrigible ones, but we're not stupid gamblers: we need to know what the odds are and when the fix is in. So let's extend our posthumous thanks to poor fools like Albert Einstein--as well as to Einstein's high school teacher, who once made the following immortal prediction to Einstein's father: "It doesn't matter what he does--he will never amount to anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forecasting: FORWARD THINKING | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

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