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...this time, and then once more, before I can take a right turn at the bottom of the hill and go toward the sign that says "Finish." (I don't consider crossing the finish line one lap short. I'd rather viewed as a quitter than as just plain dumb). If this were the last time up the hill, I know it would be different. The last time you have to do anything awful it usually goes pretty smoothly. We have an automatic "last time" circuit that kicks in and can get us over the hump most of the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fool on the Hill | 5/10/2001 | See Source »

...handle tricky international issues. Senator John Kerry, a leading Democrat, rushed to the Senate floor to complain that with his unscripted remarks, Bush "made a major policy change with absolutely no consultation with members of Congress or with our allies in the region." Others suspected that Bush confused plain speaking with sharp thinking: "Words matter, nuance matters," said Joseph Biden, ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taiwan's Bounty | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

...handle tricky international issues. Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, a leading Democrat, rushed to the Senate floor to complain that with his unscripted remarks, Bush "made a major policy change with absolutely no consultation with members of Congress or with our allies in the region." Others suspected that Bush confused plain speaking with sharp thinking: "Words matter, nuance matters," said Delaware's Joseph Biden, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Choppy Waters | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

Michael Greger, a general practitioner in Jamaica Plain, calls himself the tent city doctor. He spends his nights in tent number 73, where he has posted a sign with a red cross outside reading “the doctor...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pitching Tents, Pitching In | 5/2/2001 | See Source »

Certainly, it's foolish to invest without some sense of when stock values are more or less compelling. And, for many reasons, I believe stocks are worth buying again. A host of hopeful signs has popped into view, and the plain truth is that if you don't buy stocks when they're down, you shouldn't bother at all. With the NASDAQ up 32% in 15 days, odds are the market will retrace a bit, or a bunch. But if you stay diversified with proved companies, near-term losses don't matter. Five to 10 years should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Go Slow, But Go | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

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