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...Indeed, the key political element in Indonesia can best be described with a modified Clintonism: "It's the stupid economy." Of all the countries devastated by the 1997 Asian financial crisis, Indonesia is the only one that has yet to fully recover. Over the past five years, Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) has on average grown 3.4% annually compared with 6.5% for all of East Asia's developing countries. More than half of the population still lives on $2 a day or less. In recent years, the plight of many has worsened. Morgan Stanley estimates that GDP per capita...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia's New Deal | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

...stupid rat creatures don't quit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Bones About It | 9/17/2004 | See Source »

...self-defense and a potentially dangerous inability to criticize the chief executive’s judgment. Optimism is all well and good, but Kerry is running for president, not head cheerleader. His pal Bill Clinton is right: Strength and wisdom are not opposing values. But it certainly would be stupid not to show a little more strength...

Author: By Peter CHARLES Mulcahy, | Title: Dear John | 9/15/2004 | See Source »

...soon as the economy cools, most households will renegotiate their consumer and home mortgage debts; those really pressed will experience a bit of belt tightening, or be forced to spend a few more years in the workforce, or even cut into their children's inheritance. The greedy, the stupid, and the plain poor will curse their misfortune - and they'll get no sympathy from those on the other side of the street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Can Keep the Good Times Rolling? | 9/14/2004 | See Source »

...there anything quite so stupid and time-wasting as the 1980s metal detector - the all but obsolete device that had gold diggers scouring beaches and suburban dumps for treasure? You can find yourself asking such questions with the work of Australian sculptor Ricky Swallow. And in the case of Diagonal Choir, 2000, his full-scale replica of a metal detector, made from PVC and epoxy and sprayed a ghostly white, you could ask: has anything as purposeful and beautifully crafted been shown in a gallery recently? Swallow, 29, is fascinated by the objects contemporary culture spits out. So when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Life at High Speed | 9/14/2004 | See Source »

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