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...Clinton-Gore position is an attempt to dodge the populist backlash and still do something for small-business owners and farmers. The increased exemption is a start, but it has a serious flaw: the exemption can be difficult to get. For example, heirs must be active in a business for a set amount of time. What if they'd rather go to college? Or are disabled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kill The Estate Tax! | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

...hard at building his strength and honing his shots. But what is most remarkable about Woods is his restless drive for what the Japanese call kaizen, or continuous improvement. Toyota engineers will push a perfectly good assembly line until it breaks down. Then they'll find and fix the flaw and push the system again. That's kaizen. That's Tiger. It's also Tiger's buddy Michael Jordan, who worked as hard on defense as offense and in his later years added a deadly fallaway jumper to his arsenal. No matter how good they say you are, Michael tells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Best Got Better: The Game Of Risk | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

...only significant flaw in this production rests, unfortunately, at its heart; the relationship triangle at the center of the play generally lacks passion. This general malaise is made more obvious in the moments when one of the ensemble truly shines. Perhaps the performers will find their characters in time to salvage them, and the Streetcar will roll on. If not, this production is a respectable introduction to Williams text for those unfamiliar with the play, and a chance for others to revisit a memory or two. In either case, HRSTs Streetcar provides an unknowing example of the difference between...

Author: By Matthew Hudson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Kindness of Strangers, Southern Style | 8/11/2000 | See Source »

...advancement and future exploitation of genetic sequencing should be carried out on a purely not-for-profit basis, so the discovery can benefit the largest number of people. It's a chance to prove we can overcome a most basic and destructive human flaw: greed. JIMMY YEW Singapore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 24, 2000 | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

...disadvantage on the Web. E.U. regulations force them to charge VAT to their customers wherever they are located; non-E.U. firms do not force consumers to pay the tax anywhere. Brussels has been under pressure from member states and European content providers to correct that obvious flaw in the tax regime. (Revealingly, the commission did not propose adopting the non-European practices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cooking Up An E-VAT? | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

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