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...connections to the Japanese troops then poised to invade the Malay peninsula, and about Johnny's growing anguish over his reluctant bride. In Wormwood's literate and lively account, Johnny is a likable, slightly pathetic figure battered by the forces of British colonialism, Japanese militarism and, finally, his own greed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Farewell, Pink Gin | 4/25/2005 | See Source »

...plans to appeal, volunteered to do his time working in programs for victims of AIDS. Judge Stewart denied the request. Before the sentence was passed, Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Romatowski disclosed that Winans had circulated to publishers an outline for a book titled Trading Secrets: Fear, Power and Greed on Wall Street. Winans said it would dissuade others from resorting to "unethical or immoral behavior." MORTGAGES Fannie Mae Gets Tough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes: Aug. 19, 1985 | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...Keillor talking, no question. Someone says, "Good speech," and he mumbles, "Oh, it was way too long. I didn't know what I was talking about. I was just blathering." Actually, he confesses, "good" is not good enough. "Under this thin veneer of modesty lies a monster of greed. I drive away faint praise, beating my little chest, waiting to be named Sun God, King of America, Idol of Millions. I don't want to say 'Thanks, glad you liked it.' I want to say 'Rise, my people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lonesome Whistle Blowing | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

Part of him does want to say that. The rest of him knows he does, and knows also how to turn this unworthy greed into a story. But the stream that fills Lake Wobegon, in Mist County, on no map, in central Minnesota, flows from another source. A story told by a master about his long-gone childhood is a marvelous kind of time machine, and listeners really can learn how those folks talked who are vanished now, and what they wore, what they did when the great snowstorms came. Keillor knows that childhood is the small town everyone came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lonesome Whistle Blowing | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...Sesame Workshop doesn’t seem to remember that Cookie always had his healthy moments, even if he couldn’t quite pronounce the word vegetable. No, apparently, Cookie’s greed must be stopped. Thus, this week the Workshop announced that Cookie Monster will be cutting down on the number of cookies he consumes, as part of Sesame Street’s “Healthy Habits for Life” initiative...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman, | Title: Condemning Cookie | 4/14/2005 | See Source »

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