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Logan, with both AOL and the cable company to fix, has the tougher challenge. But as Parsons pointed out in naming him, Logan has a strong track record in attracting and retaining subscribers, selling advertising and reorganizing muddled management structures. "There are smart, talented people scattered throughout AOL," Logan says. "But I think the structure has been holding them back a little bit." And for all the disdain the techies at AOL might be expected to have for him, some will be surprised to learn that he began his career as one of them. A pure-math major at Auburn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Then There Were Two | 7/29/2002 | See Source »

...assume the best. Yes, corporate America tripped up here and there, but the subsequent hysteria was stirred up by the overheated media. He didn't want to overreact lest he hamstring honest executives. "He didn't want to do something that would hurt the real economy just to fix a perception problem," says a senior adviser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Mind of the CEO President | 7/28/2002 | See Source »

...leather-bound volume is more than a collection of collegiate memories; it's also a testimonial to the camaraderie whipped up during two arduous years of grunt training in the foothills of the Himalayas. Musharraf's classmates concluded his entry: "A guy to be with, especially when in a fix...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should This Man Be Smiling? | 7/22/2002 | See Source »

Pakistan is in a fix now. No one knows that better than Musharraf. He is a veteran of tight squeezes: no leader in Asia, perhaps in the world, has survived the number and magnitude of political crises that he has in the past few years. In 1999, as army chief, he crossed the Line of Control in Kashmir by capturing the Kargil Heights. Then he steered his country in a risky U-turn after Sept. 11 that led him to accept America's invitation to break with Afghanistan's Taliban, overhaul his internal security forces and act as host...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should This Man Be Smiling? | 7/22/2002 | See Source »

...members who have posted profiles are 50 or older, says Trish McDermott, its resident dating coach. That is 10% of the site's total profiles. Other newly unattached baby boomers are writing personal ads, dating in groups and still using such tried-and-true methods as the fix-up from well-meaning friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Back Into It | 7/22/2002 | See Source »

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