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When you ask Powell where he had put his foot down, he pauses a long time, then says, "Hmmm." He's most intent on preserving team harmony. He portrays himself as done with ambition: "I don't have any personal need to shine." He says he's a "problem solver," the practical man who knows how to make the system work with minimal friction, the one who carries out the vision, not the one who imagines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Odd Man Out | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

...this “woman” begins with her childhood in the English countryside, then follows her adventures in Paris, London and New York. And yet after all that, she ends up growing old in New York’s Chinatown with a caretaker named Bruno Maddox. Hmmm. Something’s not quite right, but that something appears to be why we should think this book is so cool...

Author: By P. PATTY Li, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reading. Period. | 5/4/2001 | See Source »

...HMMM...] The Baby Genius product line and other music videos and CDs may soothe and entertain but won't make your kid any smarter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Smart Toy Guide (Parents Not Included) | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...HMMM...] Golden Books' The Poky Little Puppy CD-ROM ($14) and other interactive stories don't improve much on the paper versions--and they keep kids tied to a computer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Smart Toy Guide (Parents Not Included) | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...HMMM...] Poo-Chi ($20) outsold every toy last year except Hot Wheels cars. But the interactive dog restricts a child's imagination by programming play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Smart Toy Guide (Parents Not Included) | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

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