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...Arroyo quickly promised major new initiatives to bolster the fragile economy, which is burdened by a hefty budget deficit, falling manufacturing output and rising unemployment. She also said she would consider a proposal by a top ally, House Speaker José de Valencia, to form a "unity government" that would include representatives from all opposition parties, the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Communist Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Long Goodbye | 1/6/2003 | See Source »

...would later be broken. Putin should never have decided to take the drastic step of using a potentially lethal gas and risking so many innocent lives. He should not still be in office. I fail to understand how anyone could congratulate Putin for his heartless decision. MARGARITA HOLT SAUVALLE Valencia, Spain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 2, 2002 | 12/2/2002 | See Source »

...account of taking care of his younger brother after the death of their parents, Eggers was a literary Johnny Appleseed who put substantial amounts of his own money into founding the literary journal McSweeney's and starting a publishing imprint, McSweeney's Books. Earlier this year he established 826 Valencia, a non-profit center in San Francisco where students can go for tutoring in writing. At the same time he has slipped into self-imposed obscurity, avoiding the press--he returned Time's phone calls but asked not to be quoted--and staging his readings as cryptic, Andy Kaufman--style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dave Eggers Gets Real | 10/14/2002 | See Source »

...Laziness is practically a virtue in our society. It's not the food pyramid, not the wrong diet, not even the fast-food joints that are at fault. The blame lies with the individual who refuses to deny himself, educate himself and get off his rear. ANDRE GALLIATH Valencia, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 23, 2002 | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...lost all my pregnancy weight and more. I have now mastered the Zone diet; it easily fits into my routine. Of course I have to make sacrifices to maintain my size 4, but I would rather pass up a trip to Baskin-Robbins than inject myself with hormones. KELLY VALENCIA Sparta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 23, 2002 | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

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