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...this with some kind of black eye is fooling themselves," says Marc Ganis, president of SportCorp, a consulting firm. "Just wait for the first news report about two eight-year-olds that went after each other because of something they watched on CBS. It's going to happen." Kahl scoffs at such fears. "I find that statements like this come from ignorance, from a snapshot of what the sport was 10 years ago," he says. "Yes, it's violent. But so is pro football and boxing. There are plenty of violent sports out there. These guys aren't walking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kimbo Slice Gets His Prime-Time Shot | 5/30/2008 | See Source »

...country how they decide which meetings to attend, and they said they first look at who invited them. Is it politically dangerous not to show up? When we give them the power to decide for themselves, instead they ask, Is it really worth my time? Meetings can still happen, but the people get to decide when and where and if it's the best use of their time. For leaders, that's a very difficult thing to accept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finding Freedom at Work | 5/30/2008 | See Source »

...companies, small, midsize. We've migrated Best Buy as well as a company with 20 employees in Wisconsin. What's amazing is that all employers deal with the same issues - even companies of two people. It's because our beliefs are so strong about how work needs to happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finding Freedom at Work | 5/30/2008 | See Source »

Thanks to the declining dollar and the relative weakness of the U.S. economy, that's already starting to happen. The trade deficit was down to 5.1% of GDP in 2007, will probably drop further this year and would be even smaller if it weren't for the spike in oil prices (oil imports equaled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Exporting Ports Fix U.S. Trade Deficit? | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

...year the serious money rolled in, Gerry purchased a chunk of Max Yasgur's farm, 37.5 fabled acres (15.2 hectares), with that lovely sloping field that I can say with authority is one of the most uncomfortable places in North America if you happen to be stretched out in a damp sleeping bag. Eventually he bought nearly 2,000 adjacent acres (about 800 hectares), enough to start thinking about putting in a golf course and even a theme park--bad ideas that he abandoned. Instead, two years ago he opened the Pavilion Stage there, an outdoor concert venue whose lineup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking in the Woodstock Museum | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

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