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...made Koizumi a different kind of Japanese politician. With an unparalleled combination of charisma, media savvy, and the right message for an edgy population concerned about Japan's diminishing stature in the world, he has driven the political debate into uncharted territory. Something?or somebody?bold was needed to lift the Japanese economy out of its lost decade and recapture the spark that had once lit the most sustained economic miracle the modern world has seen. But Koizumi's legacy now hangs in the balance. If the same self-confidence, the same belief in his own rightness that helped turn...
...mean, we’ve cut cigarette breaks down to twice an hour, and we’re eating lots of high-quality, high-energy foods, like beef jerky and gummy bears,” she said. “Jannie’s having everyone lift a lot, which has been totally helpful. Evan is finally strong enough to carry Meghan’s books around for her, which has been huge for their relationship and for the rest of us too.” Green lowered her voice. “I never thought I would say this?...
...most fund companies, the idea of anonymous teams of managers investing funds is viewed as radical. Why? Star managers are money magnets. They get invited on TV; they lift a fund company's profile. Yet starless American Funds, part of Los Angeles--based Capital Group Cos., zoomed past star-centric Fidelity Investments this year in total managed assets through September--$738 billion for American Funds, $716 billion for Fidelity. The company is on track next year to topple kingpin Vanguard ($774 billion), which rode the popularity of index funds to surpass Fidelity in 2003. American Funds has quietly become home...
...parents had always focused on education as the tool for socioeconomic mobility and the way to lift ourselves up from whatever situation we were in,” she says. “Once I was in a private school, it was understood that the next step to an educational life fulfilled would be college...
ITHACA, N.Y.—Mark McCutcheon scored with 22 seconds left to lift Cornell to a 2-1 victory over Quinnipiac Saturday night.Goalie David McKee made 23 saves as the Big Red (8-3-1, 5-2-1 ECAC) scored twice in the third period to overcome a 1-0 deficit. Matt Moulson’s goal tied the game.After a scoreless first period, Mark Van Vliet put the Bobcats (9-9-0, 3-7-0) ahead with a goal at 6:09 of the second period.Goalie Bud Fisher stopped 22 shots for the Bobcats, who lost...