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...tariffs. Go down that road and you get a trade war, not to mention the other-shoe problem of cheaper Nissans made with cheaper foreign steel needing tariffs of their own to spare GM. It ain't quotas - raising product prices to prop up commodity prices is not a smart way to grow an economy in which services are 80 percent of GDP and consumers pull 66 percent of the economic weight. And Paul O'Neill going to Japan and telling them to shut down two plants so two can live in West Virginia? A superpower that believes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let Big Steel Stand On Its Own | 12/8/2001 | See Source »

...takes 30 seconds at the most to tie a tie or brush our hair. If we can’t spare that much time in our hectic lives, we surely do not deserve the attention that is currently lavished on us. Harvard students are rumored to be the future leaders of the world. There is little chance of this being anything more than idle gossip, though, if we refuse to respect those who currently hold that title...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartboard | 12/7/2001 | See Source »

Like the others, Saida, 27, received no formal education, although her three daughters are enrolled in elementary school. Saida says her eldest daughter Nahid, 12, is getting ready for her betrothal to a 26-year-old farmer and does not have much time to spare for morning instruction. Besides, says Saida, Nahid tells her she learns at school that the Koran teaches her how to be a good wife and mother, instruction that exasperates Saida. "How can the Koran teach you how to live your life, how to take care of your children and your husband?" she asks. So Saida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: About Face | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...Like the others, Saida, 27, received no formal education, although her three daughters are enrolled in elementary school. Saida says her eldest daughter Nahid, 12, is getting ready for her betrothal to a 26-year-old farmer and does not have much time to spare for morning instruction. Besides, says Saida, Nahid tells her she learns at school that the Koran teaches her how to be a good wife and mother, instruction that exasperates Saida. "How can the Koran teach you how to live your life, how to take care of your children and your husband?" she asks. So Saida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: About Face | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...beacon of an incontrovertibly glorious future! In August, Kim visited a coal-mining machinery factory at Ranam, in the country's north, and found that production was 12% above target. (Which isn't bad considering that lots of factories in North Korea are idle because there are no spare parts.) Last month, a full-fledged Ranam campaign erupted with Kim praising the workers' heroic feat, predicting that it would vigorously beat the drum of revolution, and then unveiling what was described as a "grandiose plan" to develop North Korea into a superpower. According to the official press, North Koreans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

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