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...prestigious boarding school of St. Paul’s provided many opportunities and resources for its students, but in 1959, Larry Rand realized his life was missing something the school couldn’t offer—music. He desperately wanted to play guitar, and fueled by this desire, he sought and found a fellow guitarist in Jon Prouty...
Greenspan, a former jazz musician (he played clarinet and sax) and a disciple of free-market philosopher Ayn Rand, frequently confronts such agonizing choices. As the Clinton era drew to a close, he correctly foresaw the brewing bubble in high-tech stocks. He searched for a way to alert investors, famously referring to an "irrational exuberance" building up in the stock market. But he refused to say more, believing a sudden collapse in share prices would carry more risk than allowing the market to discover the bubble itself. The high-tech balloon continued to inflate for several years after...
...missiles might be emotionally satisfying and politically compelling in Taiwan," says James Mulvenon, an Asia expert at the Rand Corp., "but they are not in the U.S. national interest." Michael A. McDevitt, a retired U.S. Navy admiral who is now with the CNA Corp., a Virginia-based think tank, says the deterrent effect is also questionable: Beijing is unlikely to be cowed if it really wants to invade. Offensive missiles for Taiwan are "really stupid," McDevitt says. That's one analysis the U.S. and China can probably agree...
...Bush campaign. Clinton's U.N. representative Richard Holbrooke is so influential when it comes to Kerry's foreign policy views that he is considered the odds-on favorite to become Secretary of State if Kerry is elected. Kerry even picked up a hire from the Bush White House. When Rand Beers quit as Bush's senior assistant for counterterrorism, contending that Bush had gone to war in Iraq too soon and taken his eye off the global war on terrorism, Beers quickly found a home in the Kerry campaign as a senior foreign policy adviser...
...pounds. After a few years, he'll justify spending ?40 on a Diesel T shirt by telling himself he's worked so darn hard that he deserves a treat, even if it comes at a high price! After five years here, I still convert back to the South African rand, balk at the cost, but then hand over my cash. What else can you do? Jackie Cranke Collier Row, England Unanswered Questions After months of work, the 9/11 commission has found no evidence that Iraq was involved in the 2001 attacks on the U.S. [June 28]. Shortly after that news...