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...still hard for some to grasp, but this habit of small, intimate confidences is the rock on which the Bush clan is founded and the reason it endures. "There was a story about how I was calling all these Arab leaders," explains the father. "That's just not true. Now and then George will ask me about something. But I am out of the line. I'm not up on things any longer. And I don't want to get crossways with his people. They are the best in the business." What he does not say is that these very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conversations with a Father | 10/1/2001 | See Source »

...slowly churning lower, punctuated by the occasional technical bounce, in the 9500-10,500 range. Now it?s doing the same thing, in the 8000-9000 range. Can anyone honestly say that what happened that Tuesday wasn?t worth 1,500 points or so? Until Wall Street can grasp some evidence of a treatment equal to the wound - or a healing period equal to the pain - it?s hardly likely to want to rush back in, believing everything will be like it was, only better. At least not until they get a look at the Christmas consumer season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware the Bouncing Dow | 9/26/2001 | See Source »

Investing $8.3 billion in anti-missile programs will accomplish very little unless we also shed the chains of ABM. What good is a limited defense system when such comprehensive capabilities are within our grasp...

Author: By Duncan M. Currie, | Title: Moving Beyond ABM | 9/25/2001 | See Source »

...still hard for some to grasp, but this habit of small, intimate confidences is the rock on which the Bush clan is founded and the reason it endures. "There was a story about how I was calling all these Arab leaders," explains the father. "That's just not true. Now and then George will ask me about something. But I am out of the line. I'm not up on things any longer. And I don't want to get crossways with his people. They are the best in the business." What he does not say is that these very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conversations With a Father | 9/24/2001 | See Source »

...signature of their belligerents. The present attack was launched by enemies who deny their involvement and try to conceal their identity. Fighting such a war requires, above all, intelligencebut intelligence in every sense of the word: not only a better network of informers and operatives, but also a sounder grasp of the political nature of the adversary. All clues lead to the Middle East, which is also where our understanding would have to begin...

Author: By Ruth R. Wisse, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Confronting Antisemitism | 9/21/2001 | See Source »

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