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...works at home keep up on the latest gripes of the cubicle-bound drones whose lives Dilbert's is supposed to mirror? Adams says he monitors hundreds of e-mails a day from spies in the working world. He has noticed an uptick in the message volume since the onset of the recession. "People are a little more bitter and angry," he says, "so they're far more interested in not only embarrassing their boss but using company time to do it." Not that a little plunge in the stock market is going to alter the basic dynamics...
...bulwark of our generation. What else could protect us from the political scandals of our youth—from the dimly-recalled Iran-Contra affair, from Bill Clinton’s indiscretions, from the muddle of the 2000 presidential election? I have been a cynic since the onset of adolescence—have been proud of my cynicism, have recognized it for the sturdy rampart it is, have smiled wryly as it, undented, has deflected disappointment. Expect little, and you cannot be disappointed. With our generation, a hard cynicism has replaced the gee-whiz ingenuousness that characterized American generations past...
...rebellion, and then allowed them to be slaughtered by Saddam's armies. But staying out of the war is not an option for the Kurds, whose best hopes of protecting their autonomy in a post-Saddam regime may lie in taking an active role in his ouster. So, the onset of war brings Iraq's Kurds to an historic crossroads, and that has fostered an unusual unity of purpose among rival political factions whose differences have long been exploited by Saddam Hussein. TIME's Azadeh Moaveni was in the Iraqi Kurd capital of Erbil last week for a session...
...result of the radiation treatment she received, Colmes developed lymphedema—a condition that causes swelling of the arms or legs. In most cases, the onset of lymphedema, which affects 250 million people worldwide, occurs after treatment for cancer...
...rebellion, and then allowed them to be slaughtered by Saddam's armies. But staying out of the war is not an option for the Kurds, whose best hopes of protecting their autonomy in a post-Saddam regime may lie in taking an active role in his ouster. So, the onset of war brings Iraq's Kurds to an historic crossroads, and that has fostered an unusual unity of purpose among rival political factions whose differences have long been exploited by Saddam Hussein. TIME's Azadeh Moaveni was in the Iraqi Kurd capital of Erbil for a session of parliament last...