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...that it's a rally, exactly - even those modest gains were eroding as noon approached - but clearly something happened besides Alan Greenspan's bullish comments on free trade before the Senate (although a brief mention of the slowdown, with no bearish comments along with it, may have played a tiny part). TIME investing columnist Dan Kadlec has a few ideas...
...those looking for simple peace and quiet rather than deep meditation, there is the picturesque Gil Sang Sa Temple on Pukhan Mountain, also north of the capital. A former restaurant, the building does not share the open-plan design of traditional temples but rather has modest rooms jutting out on rocky ledges. One chamber is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is free to visitors. The space can seat a maximum of eight people on a large floor cushion. Speaking is forbidden, all the better to relax to the sound of songbirds and wind chimes stirring...
...perfection as you can get in the newsmagazine field. For 78 years, Time has been the Somerset House of newsmagazines: elegant, balanced, highly polished, a red-bordered icon recognized around the world. How could we dare to change it? Answer: carefully. With this issue we gingerly introduce some modest design flourishes and a few new departments. The former, like our recently restyled table of contents, will (we hope) look so appropriate you'll think they've been around for years. The latter you can't miss. Among them...
...insecure, meagerly paid job in one of Europe's poorest countries. Yet this is exactly what Bozidar Djelic, a partner with consultancy McKinsey & Company, did when he accepted an offer to become Finance Minister in post-Milosevic Serbia. "I did not hesitate for a moment," Djelic recalls from his modest office in downtown Belgrade. "I have no doubt that this government can pull the country back on its feet...
...should tell her that there is the news of the honest broker. And the news of the fair-minded. And of the modest, the quiet, the traditional, the faithful, the harmless, the on time, the responsible, the unglamorous, the unambitious, the unchatty, the constant and the tender...