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WHAT'S NEXT? States like Michigan, which suspended a student-loan program, will feel the pinch. If insurers can't regain ratings or split off municipal debt, they could go under, meaning fewer public works or higher taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Briefing | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

Inside an empty former electronics factory in the Dutch town of Eindhoven, hundreds of Philips employees sit around endless rows of tables. Split into small groups, staffers of the Amsterdam-based firm--maker of everything from lightbulbs and toothbrushes to TVs and X-ray machines--get to work. "We're not always an easy company to deal with," says Theo van Deursen, boss of Philips' lighting division. From a platform in the center of the vast space--still latticed with girders and pipes, its walls temporarily lined with giant TV screens--Van Deursen lays down a challenge. "We have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Complex Task of Simplicity | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...administrators who were critical of HMI would soon achieve the sought-for split between the University and the organization—a move slated for mid-March...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks and Nathan C. Strauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: With House Divided, HMI Spun Off | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...University’s leadership—knowing that a split between HMI and Harvard was growing increasingly likely—vetoed the long-term lease, according to Crone...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks and Nathan C. Strauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: With House Divided, HMI Spun Off | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

There is a clear generational split between younger political leaders and what Jim Henson, director of the Texas Political Project at the University of Texas, calls machine politicians, many of whom are backing Clinton. Those generational differences represent a "cellular shift among Democrats," Henson says. That was illustrated Wednesday when President Bill Clinton stood side by side at a Beaumont rally with octogenarian former Congressman Jack Brooks. Beaumont is one of the working class areas of East Texas Bill Clinton has been working for his wife. But Obama is now "leading a movement," Stein says, a "child's crusade" that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton-Obama Rodeo Lassos Texas | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

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