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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...unquestioning meat eaters, dinner is something the parents put on the table and the kids put in their bodies. Of his own kids, he says, "We expect them to eat a little of everything." So beef is served nearly every night at the Brown homestead, with nary a squawk from Jeff, 17, Luke, 13, and Hannah, 11. But Jody admits to at least one liberal sympathy. "If a vegetarian got a flat tire in my community," he says, "I'd come out and help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should We All Be Vegetarians? | 7/15/2002 | See Source »

...transferable to, well, whatever other investment option we worker bees might find enticing. Do nothing, and the money still buys company stock (this strategy also works if you happen to believe in the company's prospects). Want to move it all into, say, Microsoft? Good old AOLTW won't squawk, not now or three years from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Congress Save Your 401(k)? | 4/11/2002 | See Source »

Some people will squawk out the bromide that we are here to learn and not to compete, that the pleasure derived from a course should not be proportional to the grade we receive. The problem with this claim is that it’s really not true. We are here to learn, but we are also here to distinguish ourselves. In an academic community, distinguishing ourselves means pushing forward our accumulated knowledge of the world, working to improve our collective understanding, not just ourselves. Harvard is no longer a gentleman’s finishing school, but a serious place...

Author: By Jonathan H. Esensten, | Title: Did You Make The Sigma? | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

CHARLIE NORWOOD G.O.P. Rep. cuts patients'-rights deal with W. Dem pals squawk. Jealous because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Aug. 13, 2001 | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

...Bush could convince his friend, Enron CEO Kenneth Lay, to squawk even louder than Jack Welch, he might get those 2004 soccer-mom votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush vs. Big Business? You Never Know | 8/1/2001 | See Source »

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