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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...every business can be special," says J.D. Foster, senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington. "When you start identifying federal programs to prop up every conceivable industry that's complaining of economic hard times, you end up with a situation in which everybody is supporting everybody- which means nobody is being supported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Federal Help for Boat Dealers: All at Sea | 8/1/2009 | See Source »

After the presidency, she ran a think tank and center on nonviolence that carried her husband's name. She also every so often led public protests opposing the policies of her successors, if not her successors themselves. She led demonstrations to remind Ramos that she had promised to dismantle America's bases in the Philippines. He complied. She joined crowds that led to the overthrow of the inept and corrupt government of the actor-politician Joseph Estrada. She also led protests against her former ally, the second woman President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in the wake of corruption...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People Power's Philippine Saint: Corazon Aquino | 8/1/2009 | See Source »

HARTFORD, Conn. — Think of an intern in a think tank. He tries to think, but his mind goes blank...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! | 7/31/2009 | See Source »

...think tank is the school of hard knocks. But we’re lucky to spend our summer in a staring contest with Google. At least I think...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! | 7/31/2009 | See Source »

...regime. One fundamentalist group linked to the Basij paramilitary force has gone public with plans to wrestle power from Ahmadinejad by advancing its own "desired Cabinet lineup." The spokesman, Lotfali Bakhtiari, said in an interview published in the newspaper Khabar, "Our organization intends to become the government's think tank. We want to introduce our élite into the government to serve the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ahmadinejad's Woes: A Falling-Out with His Friends | 7/30/2009 | See Source »

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