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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...over who got what version of which memo epitomizes Washington at its worst. The capital at its best would appreciate that the most important question isn't what Bush (or anyone else) knew before Sept. 11; it is what the Administration and Congress have and have not done to fix a broken system. But November and the midterm elections, you may have noticed, are only six months away. Washington is reverting to form...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How The U.S. Missed The Clues | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

...appendix to his dissenting opinion, implied that court policy had been contravened in order to select judges favorable to Michigan's cause. His claim was a "new low," said Sixth Circuit colleague Judge Karen Nelson Moore, and would irreparably damage "already strained working relationships." Could the Supreme Court fix those too? --By Amanda Bower

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Case For The Supremes: Will They Take Action? | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

...this equipment we've imported, even for things as simple as conserving the low temperatures we need?" she said then. "If it breaks, because we can't buy replacement parts from the (nearby) U.S., it costs us three times as much as it should for us to fix it. Our philosophy is not to produce vaccines purely for profit, but still, why would we bother with biological weapons when there is so much more revenue in selling vaccines to companies like Smith-Kline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Cuban 'Bioterrorism' | 5/14/2002 | See Source »

...amount allocated for the developer comes from Morgenstern’s estimate of the number of hours it will take to fix the council’s ailing technology—about 200—and what he said was the typical wage paid to students with computer and web expertise, about $25 an hour...

Author: By Claire A. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Member Questions Fund Use | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

...last nine-or-so months, I’ve done just that. I started with their appeal; shiny gloss in unwavering, their buy-it-now! glimmer is intoxicating. But time and again, I’ve returned to their failings. Treatment of plus-sized models or the fix-it-quick life solutions come to mind. What a long and strange trip it’s been: from breasts to prairie dresses, the horoscope to stick-thin models, I’ve probably spent more time than one should thinking of ways to make light of my minor obsession with girly...

Author: By Antoinette C. Nwandu, | Title: Go Bronze, Young Woman | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

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