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...America, the most free and modern nation of our time, you see it too. You saw it with Jim Jones, who told his flock in Guyana to follow him into death by drinking poisoned Kool-Aid, and you saw it when David Koresh created his own small hell in Waco, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Apology from an Arab | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

That's bad news for the party in power, which is why President Bush last week invited 240 people who agree with his economic policies to praise them at a forum in Waco, Texas. He talked of corrupt ceos in terms he once reserved for Osama bin Laden, but offered little more than assurances that "we're the greatest nation on the face of the earth." The markets--which matter more than ever in politics now that nearly half of all U.S. households hold investments--were paying more attention to the downbeat noises coming out of the Federal Reserve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can He Take The House? | 8/26/2002 | See Source »

...That's bad news for the party in power, which is why President Bush last week invited 240 people who agree with his economic policies to praise them at a forum in Waco, Texas. He talked of corrupt CEOs in terms he once reserved for Osama bin Laden, but offered little more than assurances that "we're the greatest nation on the face of the earth." The markets-which matter more than ever in politics now that nearly half of all U.S. households hold investments-were paying more attention to the downbeat noises coming out of the Federal Reserve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dick Gephardt Wants to Win Back the House | 8/17/2002 | See Source »

...series of events promoting good news about the economy. To ward off charges that Bush is lounging on his ranch while the economy burns, he will make trips into the "heartland" to meet with anxious Americans. Topping it off, he will host a day-long economic forum in Waco, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside The Mind Of The CEO President | 8/5/2002 | See Source »

...that the Bush team is finally on top of things. Meanwhile, they're praying that the "real economy" stays stable and the markets settle down. More made-for-TV indictments are likely this week, which will help too. But just in case, one topic slated for discussion at the Waco forum is--as White House communications director Dan Bartlett puts it--"ways to avoid a double-dip recession." And as some economists point out, on a graph, a double-dip recession looks like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside The Mind Of The CEO President | 8/5/2002 | See Source »

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