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...York City. Over 55 years, the onetime foreign correspondent rose through the ranks and, as the paper's top editor for 17 years, presided over the winning of 23 Pulitzers--most famously for publishing the classified Pentagon papers, which detailed the U.S.'s secret involvement in Vietnam. His temper, management style and efforts to modernize the Times--emphasizing feature reporting and adding sections like Science Times--drew critics on the staff. But few questioned his dedication to news. After stepping down as executive editor in 1986, he wrote a twice-weekly column until 1999, when, in a move Rosenthal conceded...
...have no conclusions on charity—whether I should aim for efficacy or temper productivity with self-gratification. But the hassle of good works in a well-known place makes one daydream of absconding to the blissful tropics, like those bright-eyed Canadians...
...then-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover: "it?s probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in." The politicians hope that by developing a close relationship with like-minded blogs, the bloggers will feel more like part of the team and will temper their criticism. But even friendly blogs aren't easy to satisfy - as Pelosi found out after her Daily Kos encounter. Democratic aides complain that Matt Stoller, a blogger for mydd.com, another popular liberal site, never seems satisfied Democrats are being tough enough. "I don?t think we?re well-liked...
...sentiment] was like this was in 2000," says Xie, shortly before the tech bubble was pricked in part by interest-rate hikes. Likewise, Xie expects rising rates to put an end to today's stock boom. Others aren't so bearish, but concede that higher rates may at least temper equities' recent giddy gains. Citigroup last month lowered its expectations for global stock returns for the next 12 months to a range of 4% to 8%?not bad, but down from its previous forecast...
...post-doctoral science fair that is Microsoft's annual TechFest, Bill Gates was standing with his hands in his pockets, stomping his feet on the floor, staring at the image of the contents of an Outlook email inbox folder projected on the wall. But this was no temper tantrum about spam or inadvertently lost messages. Gates was trying out a demo that lets people do multi-limbed multitasking...