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...BEEN DIFFERENT? My parents and grandparents. We always had a sense of achieving things instilled in us. I've never been on the dole, even when I was unemployed. If your community has a sewerage problem, go away and learn how to become a plumber, then come back and fix the sewerage. It seems simple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions For Warren Mundine | 2/7/2006 | See Source »

...years later, our newest fix of pessimism. Why? Our economic growth rate is second in the West only to tiny Finland's. It's probably just a symptom of $3 gasoline. Nonetheless, it's back. This time it's not Russia or Japan but other inscrutable foreigners, Indian and Chinese. What was once rather unkindly said about Brazil--"the country of the future and always will be"--I say of them. I'm not worried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Believe the Hype. We're Still No. 1 | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

...staffers well versed in the ways of the NSA suspect the agency is doing more than simply listening in on foreign calls to this country; they believe there might be some broader data mining involved. "You could sit down with clever lawyers and figure out a thousand ways to fix the law," says the congressional expert. "But people first need to know what Bush is actually doing, which they really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Better Way to Eavesdrop? | 2/2/2006 | See Source »

...negative today is his failure to win over the White House to the Baker bill, which would allow the city to buy out homeowners in the most heavily damaged neighborhoods with government-backed bonds. Without it, his Bring New Orleans Back Commission, which has laid out a $30 billion fix for the city, will have a difficult time scratching money together to rebuild. On Wednesday, Nagin told a Senate committee that the city has only so far received about 2,000 of the 45,000 to 60,000 temporary homes it needs; on the other hand, he said that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Orleans Mayor's Newest Foe | 2/1/2006 | See Source »

...Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder famous "spot paintings"), LilyScape (whimsical frog motifs, good for a kid's room) and MetroScape (which lets you fix things like miniature saxophones andmartini glasses to a Mondrian-style backing of plain and colored rectangles). The only drawback is the price: at about $115 per roll, and $88 for a set of magnets, you may opt not to use this throughout the house. But it's ideal for single...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looks Good On Paper | 1/28/2006 | See Source »

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