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...include tight housing supply--especially in places where it is tough or expensive to build, like New York City and San Francisco--such population factors as immigration, foreign buyers (snapping up properties cheap because of a weak dollar) and baby boomers' demand for second homes. "It's the demographics, stupid," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's House Party | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

...that caution crept into Loco Motive is hard to know, but anyone expecting controversy will be surprised. Troy calls himself "the last of the Brohicans" on the Kid Rock-ish Beast on the Mic and asks the ladies to "get low" and "make it clap" on the willfully stupid (and thoroughly enjoyable) My Last Yee Haw, but the album is hardly a paragon of genre-bending ambition. Most of it falls squarely, if not unpleasantly, within the accepted boundaries of modern country. Mixed in with the inoffensive party tracks (including one that makes a commendable use of Spanglish) are songs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle of Troy | 5/24/2005 | See Source »

...existing assets and buying the stock only if those assets seem to be grossly undervalued. Typically, he then holds the stock for years until it comes right, refusing to sell unless it gets "egregiously overvalued." He explains: "Most people want action now. We don't care. Trading is so stupid?it's the enemy of good investing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hidden Assets | 5/23/2005 | See Source »

...knows that some shareholders are frustrated that the company isn't being more aggressive about making investments. "When inevitably you ask me how we manage our cash, I will remind you that we take a long-term perspective," Raymond said to analysts recently. "First, we will not do anything stupid or silly. Secondly, don't expect us to take mechanistic or knee-jerk reactions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: A Barrel of Cash | 5/22/2005 | See Source »

...system that more closely mirrored her own. "Those guys are deadly serious about the important things. They really look after the safety of their crew and their aircraft," she says. "But they also know what's not important, and I think in aviation you won't see nearly the stupid small things you see here." Relaxed but driven and supremely competent, the aviators looked like the type of officer she would want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Class of 9/11 | 5/22/2005 | See Source »

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