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...different, with a different mission, a different take on life. His dad wanted him to go to law school, but he wanted to become a jazz singer instead. He's a bit of a challenge for all of us, but really he just wants to be a problem solver. He may not be a hit with every 75-year-old DeVille buyer, but that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GM GETS SET TO HIT THE ROAD | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

...puzzle solver's work does not end with one red or blue or green side, but continues until all six sides stand complete in their separate solid colors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Making the Pieces Fit | 12/3/1996 | See Source »

...hockey coach, like the puzzle solver, looks for a combination of moves that will take him closer to a goal. This often demands a willingness to change things around, to attack the problem from a different direction, to break up an intact line for the benefit of the whole...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Making the Pieces Fit | 12/3/1996 | See Source »

...taken heat for $20 million in losses from the state's Municipal Investment Pool, but she has also taken aim at opponent Pat Roberts, calling him a career politician who hasn't lived in Kansas in 30 years. Thompson styles herself as a "moderate, independent bipartisan problem solver," much like retiring Senator Nancy Kassebaum, whom she would replace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: KANSAS | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...says. With a $500 million 1996 budget, Stonesifer is in a position to change how millions of Americans get their news and entertainment. She has become, for Microsoft's growing ranks of media partners (a collection that ranges from nbc to Julia Child), an indispensable new-media problem solver. "There is," says Gates, "a lot to be figured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME 25: THEY RANGE IN AGE FROM 31 TO 67 | 6/17/1996 | See Source »

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