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It’s a sad state of affairs. Black people only feature in the American political game as equipment on the path to victory. Republicans still hail Bush the Elder as the ultimate chess-master for his brilliant appointment of Clarence Thomas. In each election, blacks are invited to stay through election night; after that they get taken out with the celebration’s garbage. Many who describe black Democrats as an endangered species seek to orchestrate a move of which Gary Kasparov would be envious. Those who misrepresent the new black political mentality as an example...
...Most of the photos have appeared in TIME, but some (like the two photos of Clinton on these pages) have never been published before. She knows how to give great men and women their due when 21 guns are saluting. But she also sees them as they appear when Hail to the Chief isn't playing and nobody is looking. Or nobody but her. --By Richard Lacayo
...Ironically, just when things are starting to pick up, there are few cheerleaders left to hail the good news. The army of brokerage analysts that once followed the chortals' every move has been routed. "I'm sorry," laments a p.r. person at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong, "but we don't have any more Internet-sector analysts." Chastened dotcom CEOs are stressing humility. Sina's CEO Daniel Mao says the rally is "the beginning of a healthy comeback?but we still have a long way to go." Indeed, despite their successes, these remain tiny companies, each with annual revenues well...
...more than 100 nominees put forward by TIME correspondents around the world, each of these 15 up-and-comers has accomplished something this year that transcended borders. All are regarded as leaders in their industries. But their biggest achievements--even for the CEOs among them--may lie ahead. They hail from 11 countries but share a sense that the world is their market--and their home...
...message: he would have to "break some glass" to control spiraling costs. Within weeks CSFB laid off 300 bankers, or 14% of Ogunlesi's division. The survivors with guaranteed contracts were asked by Ogunlesi to accept pay cuts. He pushed the bankers out of limos and required them to hail taxis. And he freed 12 top revenue producers of daily management responsibilities so they could spend more time generating business...