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...good war, remember. The war of undeniable necessity. The war everyone supported. It is hard to imagine a more important mission for NATO, or for the civilized world for that matter, than assuring free elections in Afghanistan, crucible for the worst terrorist attack in history. Yet with a flick of a hand, Chirac dismisses Karzai--and, of course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the French Act Isn't Funny Anymore | 7/12/2004 | See Source »

...think your company should step up production next month, and you trade on that thought. You sell stock for the production of 20,000 units and buy stock that represents an order for 30,000 instead. All around you, as co-workers arrive at their cubicles, they too flick on their computers and trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End Of Management? | 7/12/2004 | See Source »

...good war, remember. The war of undeniable necessity. The war everyone supported. It is hard to imagine a more important mission for NATO, or for the civilized world for that matter, than assuring free elections in Afghanistan, crucible for the worst terrorist attack in history. Yet with a flick of a hand, Chirac dismisses Karzai - and, of course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the French Act Isn't Funny Anymore | 7/6/2004 | See Source »

...wanted to make an intimate family flick, something out of nothing, a love song to the city of Delhi where I come from, to return to my old habits of guerilla film-making,” she said in the lecture at the Netherlands Film Festival...

Author: By Ella A. Hoffman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Finding Home at the Movies | 6/9/2004 | See Source »

...reels on the gas pumps spin so fast these days that it's become almost impossible to stop them on an even dollar figure. I hate it when a mosquito buzzes my ear. I flick it away and then look back at the pump--which I was monitoring fiercely until that moment--and see the colossal, untidy sum: $40.03. Luckily, most service stations now have LEAVE A PENNY, TAKE A PENNY dishes that are meant to help customers who come up short, but sadly there's often nothing in them because so many other people share my problem. What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Rules Of The Road | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

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