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...been--bold, decisive, uncomplicated, a man of real convictions who has not been afraid to take unpopular positions. Furthermore, unlike his father, this Bush is a political animal. He has a clever team. If the Democrats do happen to find a winning issue, you can be sure that Karl Rove, the President's strategist, will figure out a way to trump or co-opt it (as he did with education and Medicare prescription-drug benefits in the election of 2000). And the Democrats enter the fray with all the shape and substance of fog. "People have no idea what...
...spent the past few weeks mostly immersed in reporting about Iraq, but we've also broken news on the SARS front, thanks to Karl and his team. Beijing correspondent Susan Jakes got a signed statement from a retired military-hospital surgeon that at just one hospital in the Chinese capital, there were 60 cases of SARS; the government was still insisting that there were only 19 in all of Beijing. We put that scoop up on our website, dealing the first serious blow to the Chinese Ministry of Health's credibility on SARS (TIME, April...
...this work has been done under very trying conditions, with our journalists at risk both reporting the story and working and living in Hong Kong. Karl was so concerned about how much time Huang Yong was spending in hospitals that he quarantined him for eight days. Some staff members have sent their families abroad for a few weeks so they at least get a break from the atmosphere of fear...
...those of us living in Hong Kong," says Karl, "the disease has permeated our lives not just as a biological threat but, ubiquitously, as a psychological and spiritual malady. By now, much has been written about the disposable alcohol swabs we use obsessively to wipe our hands (I have a stack on my desk beside me), the surgical masks we wear and the public-health announcements advising against, among other things, handshakes. But the larger issue is the mental fatigue that attends living in a hot zone. The questions raised alter the rhythm of life itself. Do you dare dine...
...very proud of the work Karl and his team have done in bringing the SARS story...