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One of the most common mistakes addicts make is focusing on whether they are strong enough to change rather than on specific methods of coping. "It's like trying to ride a bike," says Marlatt. "You make mistakes and learn, and you don't give up if you don't...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Falling Off the Wagon Isn't Fatal | 12/30/2008 | See Source »

Washington, a former spokesman for Chicago's first black mayor, Harold Washington (no relation), wrote that on election night, during a discussion over who might succeed Obama in the Senate, Burris turned to a friend of hers to say, "Why not me?" In mid-December, as the controversy raged over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Obama Senate Seat: Blagojevich Keeps On Giving | 12/30/2008 | See Source »

A great teacher and investor with a gentle and loving disposition, Sir John Templeton, who died on July 8 at 95, pioneered value investing beyond U.S. shores long before global investing became commonplace, and that made him a financial legend. His success lay in patiently waiting for prices to reach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sir John Templeton | 12/29/2008 | See Source »

Cerberus insists it is willing to stand behind the troubled automaker, but will that be enough? "Chrysler as we know it will cease to exist very soon," Kimberly Rodriguez, principal of the management consulting group Grant Thornton of Southfield, Mi., has flatly predicted.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Uncle Sam Gave Detroit For Christmas | 12/26/2008 | See Source »

In short, Birkett claimed, Lisa Madigan attempted to dislodge her rival, whom she never endorsed during his 2006 re-election bid, from office. Well before the Blagojevich case broke, her office opened probes into hiring practices in the governor's office - an investigation she reportedly turned over to the feds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Illinois Dynasty Versus Blagojevich | 12/26/2008 | See Source »

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