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...water. She had been, long before, a lifeboat on a ship. They made her lapstraked and beautiful back then, and strong. But they did make her heavy; it took three strokes just to get her moving. Get her going, though, and boy she went - she rowed out straight as a city street, through waves and wind with a wonderful, easy motion. As a young teenager I would take little kids, dogs, even old aunts on hours-long rows in that boat, way offshore with neither sail nor engine, just a box of cookies and some cushions, and my passengers were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Aquatic Life | 7/15/2008 | See Source »

...told McCain of DHL's plans to close its domestic air hub in her town, a move that could throw 8,600 people out of work. "This is a terrible blow," McCain told her. "I don't know if I can stop it. That's some straight talk. Some more straight talk? I doubt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain: Selling an Economic Policy | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

...Yahoo resisted Microsoft's tender. So Ballmer went straight for the black tent. Why pretend that anyone would be spared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ballmer the Barbarian! | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

...some circles, that's just called straight talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

...need time to do it the proper way. At the maximum, two or three years from now people will start to feel the benefits." But as to how many people in Sadr City's streets will respond to the government's current pace remains in question. For two straight blocks in sector 11, where over a dozen buildings in a row look as if they have been hit by a wrecking ball, residents are not so hopeful. Saadi warns: "The government has misjudged the situation in Sadr City. They do not know how to deal with it." With reporting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rehabilitating Sadr City | 6/30/2008 | See Source »

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