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...premise that ambition is the "Need to grab an ever bigger piece of the resource pie before someone else gets it" confuses ambition with greed and cut-throat competitiveness. Nature may be a zero-sum game, but civilization is not. Ambitious people don't just grab a bigger piece of the pie; they also make the pie bigger so that there's more to go around. Ambitious people brought us the printing press, personal computer, medical advances and agricultural efficiencies undreamed of 100 years ago. Mary Jacobs Dallas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Secrets of Ambition | 2/28/2006 | See Source »

...world itself. Jordanian journalist Jihad Momani, in a piece for the Jordanian tabloid al-Shihan—for which Momani has been subsequently vilified—posed the following question: “What brings more prejudice against Islam, these caricatures or pictures of a hostage taker slashing the throat of his victim in front of the cameras, or a suicide bomber who blows himself up during a wedding ceremony...

Author: By Alec N. Halaby | Title: Disavowing Violence | 2/24/2006 | See Source »

...hotel's attention to detail is masterful: from the 16,000 handpainted roses on the ceilings and walls to the delectable handmade biscotti accompanying a sinful hot cocoa that my 5-year-old daughter dubbed "Willy Wonka's chocolate river in my throat." In 2005, the Cristallo won Italy's Leading Ski Resort at the World Travel Awards?like a rock legend, this hotel knows how to thrill, seduce and keep fans coming back for more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Snow-Business Legend | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

...daily from Venice's market. The hotel's attention to detail is masterful: from the 16,000 handpainted roses on the ceilings and walls to the delectable handmade biscotti accompanying a sinful hot cocoa that my 5-year-old daughter dubbed "Willy Wonka's chocolate river in my throat." In 2005, the Cristallo won Italy's Leading Ski Resort at the World Travel Awards - like a rock legend, this hotel knows how to thrill, seduce and keep fans coming back for more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Snow-Business Legend | 2/16/2006 | See Source »

...vibrant voice that galvanized her audience and conveyed an immediate sense of the turbulent passions that animate the role [of Isolde] ... Apparently a more severe critic of herself than some of Manhattan's reviewers, Soprano Nilsson said later: 'After the first act I was just physically tired, and my throat was dry. The first act is as hard as all of Aida' ... Next season she will return for another of her favorites, Puccini's Turandot. 'I could sing Turandot right now,' said she coolly as she walked offstage after last week's marathon performance. What did she think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

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