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...that we need new ideas for our country. While this is easier said than done, it is certainly possible. The Center for American Progress, among others, has begun to set up the institutional framework to make such an effort possible. All good Democrats need to put aside their own pet issue and candidate for just a little while to contemplate their own core values and the direction they believe the country ought to be headed. We have spent far too long reacting to the radical changes proposed by the right; we have historically been the party of change and there...

Author: By Andy J. Frank, | Title: The Politics of the New | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

...their children. And in a dig described by one U.S. official as "more personal" than the criticisms leveled in previous bin Laden tapes, he taunted Bush with the fact, popularized by Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, that the President sat for seven minutes in a classroom reading "The Pet Goat"after learning about the 9/11 attacks. "This gave us three times the time needed to carry out the operations, thanks be to God," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Ominous Signal? | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

Harold Erickson knows his pet food. Every week he doles out thousands of pounds of Royal Canin therapeutic chow for every kind of pet, from aged Afghans to plump Persians. After Hurricane Charley blew through Florida late last summer, the former Army sergeant knew work might get hectic. He had no idea. On Aug. 16, French-based Royal Canin called with an urgent order, and within the hour Erickson, 46, and his co-workers mixed, packed and shipped a whopping 500 lbs. of premium dog and cat food--which can cost up to $30 per 16-lb. bag--to panicked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out Of the Box | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

...soldiers all over the world. Though he recognizes that his current shipments for UPS clearly don't have that life-or-death urgency, Erickson knows what the customer expects. That's why UPS has an on-time delivery rate that's better than 99% for Royal Canin's upscale pet food. Erickson admits, "I was surprised that UPS did this sort of thing." If Eskew has his way, people won't be surprised much longer. --With reporting by Greg Fulton/Atlanta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out Of the Box | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

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Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, Sarah M. Seltzer, Zachary M. Seward, and Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Gadfly: The Week in Buzz | 11/4/2004 | See Source »

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