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...favoring smaller government and lower taxes, has raised $2 million so far toward a planned $15 million national push in support of Bush's goals. The battle will be waged not just with rhetoric but with dollars too. Because Democrats have given the term privatization a negative tinge, advocates prefer to call it personalization, emphasizing control and ownership rights. Says Club for Growth president Stephen Moore: "Words matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Social Security: The Battle Is Joined | 1/3/2005 | See Source »

...ride horses, and I know that if I have something I'm riding that has excess spirit, it is to be valued. I think divas are the same ... If they're difficult, it's because they care a lot and they're trying to do something extraordinary. I much prefer that to someone who is easy to work with but is only trying to jump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A Jeremy Irons | 1/2/2005 | See Source »

...factory, Ding Hangjuan considers herself an expert in holiday paraphernalia. She's gleaned some of her designs from Hollywood movies, copied others from competitors, and learned a thing or two about her overseas buyers along the way. "Americans don't like images of Jesus in pain," she notes. "They prefer symbols of good luck, like angels and five-pointed stars." And although she doesn't quite say it, she thinks American revelers are a bit dim. Case in point: among her big sellers this year is a red bow with a tiny pinecone in the middle. She had paid peasants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Santa's New Elves | 12/18/2004 | See Source »

Instead, Renna says they prefer to join groups that aren’t exclusive to international students...

Author: By Lulu Zhou, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Foreign Students Face Challenges | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

Which do you prefer: writing and editing your own material or editing a piece written by another writer...

Author: By Vinita M. Alexander, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spotlight - Julia C. Wong '05 | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

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