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Donna Addkison, Nagin's chief economic advisor, disagrees. The administration "very actively pursues opportunities to attract, retain and grow businesses that are already located in Louisiana," she says. "There are over 16,000 businesses in the city, and I can tell you that this calendar year we have made 16,079 contacts with businesses. Sometimes our efforts may not be successful, because there are overwhelming business reasons that will lead them to make that decision [to leave]. But we do try very hard to make sure that businesses are aware of the federal, state and local incentives that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Orleans' White-Collar Exodus | 7/6/2007 | See Source »

Michael Broder, a Philadelphia psychotherapist and author of The Art of Living Single, decries what he calls the "perfect-person problem," in which women refuse to engage unless they're immediately taken with a man, failing to give a relationship a chance to develop. "Few women can't tell you about someone they turned down, and I'm not talking about some grotesque monster," he says. "But there's the idea that there has to be this great degree of passion to get involved, which isn't always functional. So you have people saying things like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs a Husband? | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

Many women can tell the story of a friend or relative who looked at her and said, "If you really wanted to be married, you'd be married." The comment can sometimes slap like a wet towel, in part because it is true and in part because of its implicit message: You could have compromised, perhaps settled, and been among the married. And so, the logic follows, you have no one to blame but yourself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs a Husband? | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

...Republicans in the United States Senate, I'm not happy with Congress, either," Pelosi told reporters at a press conference highlighting Democratic achievements last week. "I believe that our record will come across to the American people as we're able to pass legislation into law or? tell the American people as to why that hasn't happened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Everybody Hates Congress | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

...very people other sites find unpopular. "The idea was to attack a niche that had not been done," says Pahwa. "Divorce rates are going up in India and a lot of people are getting divorced at a very young age - even 35 or so. It's wrong to tell them that they can't get married again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Divorce and Remarriage — Indian-Style | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

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