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...thought it, and nature responded with such biblical overreaction (the heaviest weather in the Pacific Northwest in 70 years, days of snow, ice, thaw, rainstorms, flood, power failures) that I began to feel guilty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOORAY FOR BILL GATES...I GUESS | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...lost his hearing, his thoughts turned to suicide. He wrote a surprisingly frank testament in 1802, confessing his frustration at hearing nothing but silence. Tempted to take his own life, Beethoven wrote, “it was only my art that held me back.” Remarkably, his flood of new compositions...

Author: By David Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BookEnds: After Teddy Rex and Reagan, Morris Turns His Pen to Beethoven | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...Flood of Money TIME's reporting on President Bush's slow and clumsy response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster stated that part of Bush's strategy for regaining the American public's confidence is to "Spend freely, and worry about the tab and the consequences later" [Sept. 19]. Average Americans, even though they are suffering enough with rising energy and food costs, loss of jobs and lack of affordable health care, have rallied to help those who are recovering from the hurricane crisis. I am curious to know what our President, representatives and wealthier citizens have personally contributed. Recovery should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/17/2005 | See Source »

...Flood of Money "How To Spend (Almost) $1 Billion A Day" reported on the Federal Government's massive post-Katrina rebuilding effort [Sept. 26] and stated, "Most of the major Katrina contracts doled out so far have been for temporary housing, and they have gone, by and large, to companies with strong ties to the Bush Administration." Average Americans, even though they are suffering enough with rising energy and food costs, loss of jobs and lack of affordable health care, have rallied to help those who are recovering from the hurricane crisis. I am curious to know what our President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Iraq a Futile Fight? | 10/16/2005 | See Source »

...Flood of Money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 24, 2005 | 10/16/2005 | See Source »

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