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...Simonetti Milan Your story on yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur, who has made record-breaking solo sailing trips around the world, quoted her statement, "You have to be determined, to will your way through. At some stage, someone will believe in you and give you a go." That is a powerful mantra for the 21st century. Perhaps we could all be heroes if we practiced it. Veronica Daly Derryinver, Ireland I appreciated TIME's recognizing Nigeria's first female Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as a hero for her efforts to fix the country's chaotic finances and clean up corruption...
Four years ago, President Bush campaigned under the mantra of being a uniter, not a divider, but his presidency has not come close to reflecting this ideal. We expect that a second Bush administration would continue to pursue policies of regressive taxing, continue to cut social services and continue to use the economic have-nots as tools to fight the wars of the political haves. Kerry’s record, meanwhile, indicates that a President Kerry would fight for a federal budget that provides more social services to all at the expense of only the uppermost echelons of society, bridge...
Garriques, 40, has a simple mantra for business success: "Quality, quality, quality." As the new chief of Motorola's personal-communications sector, which sells cell phones and personal two-way radios, Garriques will be in charge of what is by far the company's largest division, accounting for 40% of Motorola's annual revenue of $27 billion. Although Motorola's outlook is positive, industry leader Nokia is aggressively cutting prices. Garriques anticipates smooth sailing, but he will need that mantra...
...President Bush “should be generally seen as a political moderate, not a strong liberal”, and a 2003 poll by CBS found that more Democrats wanted to see their party nominate a conservative candidate than wanted a liberal nominee. When the Republican Party repeats its mantra that John Kerry is “just another Northeast liberal”, it plays into the part of the American consciousness that has grown to equate liberalism with mismanagement, irresponsibility and indecisiveness...
...windfall to state governments, advertisements depicting Latham as an "L-plate" financial manager who had left disaster in his wake after a 1990s stint as mayor of Sydney's Liverpool council, or Labor's timetable for submitting its policies for Treasury costing, economic stability was the government's mantra. At its campaign launch in Brisbane's stately City Hall on Sept. 26, before a crowd waving Australian flags, Howard unveiled a childcare rebate and plans for 24 new technical colleges, and warned again of Labor's record on debt, deficits and union power. "Never listen to what Labor says...