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The problem is particularly sticky for Lake, who as NSC director is supposed to have known about potential diplomatic embarrassments and can never utter the words "I was out of the loop." But that is essentially Lake's defense. His team contends that Harold Ickes and Doug Sosnik, who ran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW HUANG MAKES TWO HARD NOMINATIONS HARDER | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

In that regard he is the opposite of, say, Bill Clinton, who brackets the other end of the baby boom: Gates analytically rigorous and emotionally reserved, the President equally smart but intellectually undisciplined and readily intimate. They played golf on Martha's Vineyard once, and the President, as usual, worked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN SEARCH OF THE REAL BILL GATES | 1/13/1997 | See Source »

Part of what makes him so enigmatic is the nature of his intellect. Wander the Microsoft grounds, press the Bill button in conversation and hear it described in computer terms: he has "incredible processing power" and "unlimited bandwidth," an agility at "parallel processing" and "multitasking." Watch him at his desk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN SEARCH OF THE REAL BILL GATES | 1/13/1997 | See Source »

Bound by their rigorous methodology, Lesch et al. (poor al.; such lousy billing for nine talented scientists) are careful not to extrapolate their findings to the general population. But what if 70% of Americans have the short gene and only 30% have the long? That's a huge majority of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OEDIPUS, SCHMOEDIPUS | 12/9/1996 | See Source »

In the study of governments, for example, analysis and evaluation of right and wrong lie at the center of discussion. Is the Hobbesian model conducive to efficient government? How fair and democratic were the principles upon which the decision in Lochner v. New York was based? Do surrogate motherhood contracts...

Author: By Gil Seinfeld, | Title: The `Hunter-Gatherer' Theory of Classes | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

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