Word: pushings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...call. I call my good friend from California, and the two of us feel we are in the same boat--it is the one we call mid-year doldrums. To push ourselves back into the current, we get away. How I do remember that Kroks/Chattertocks concert. Although the Kroks cannot replace Frank, their rendition of Cole Porter's "I've Got You Under My Skin" was good. Afterwards, we went to the Cheesecake Factory, and I got to know another human being and fellow House resident...
...push for more and more billable hours occasionally manifests itself in legal maneuvers to postpone trial for a few weeks. This is hardly the promised scandal--anyone who's seen The Firm is familiar with lawyerly fudging of billing sheets--nothing new here...
...waiting for either a clear incident or a clear pattern of non-cooperation. "There is no indication of a massive U.S. attack at the moment," says Dowell, "but a surgical air strike could occur at any time if it were warranted." If the U.S. were to push the button the most likely targets would be Iraqi communications and military units. The real source of contention -- biological weapons lab -- would probably not be hit. "The equipment in such labs is dual purpose," says Dowell. "Unless the facilities are turned around for military use, they are used to produce harmless civilian products...
When we did our first TIME 100 issue, which looked at our century's greatest leaders, I came to the conclusion that an era is shaped by the people who push its political ideas, such as fascism and communism, democracy and liberty. Then, when we picked the 20 most influential artists, I began to believe in the lasting power of cultural innovations, such as movies and television, jazz and rock. Now that we're dealing with business titans, I realize that economic initiative is what transforms us, from Henry Ford's assembly line to Bill Gates' software. Stay tuned...
There are many other people--mutual-fund pioneer Ned Johnson at Fidelity Investments and discount broker Charles Schwab, to name two--who over the course of the next 40 years helped push Wall Street and Main Street closer together. Yet for all their innovations, they remain at bottom Merrill's heirs. Their modern investing mantra is the same basic message he preached so many years ago-- that people should invest for the long haul; that they should have a clear understanding of the companies they are buying; that despite the hair-raising ups and downs, stocks have historically outperformed every...