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...Nationalized health care is not the most efficient way to provide insurance for all Americans,” he said. “Opposing the right to work is by no means a wise decision for the country as a whole and for individual workers...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gephardt Shuns Bush Iraq Policy | 11/4/2003 | See Source »

...world's most active proliferator of advanced weapons and the self-proclaimed possessor of a bomb or two. Backed into a corner, it might react with reckless irrationality. What comes next will depend on whether Bush's turn to diplomacy is a temporary expedient or a sincere strategic shift. Wise observers note that the twin efforts last week to cool these nuclear threats represent a beginning, not a resolution. Washington's hard-liners aren't about to give up easily, any more than the tough factions in Tehran and Pyongyang will. If things go badly, the U.S. could easily find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will Make Them Stop? | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...although Alan Rickman's emotionally constricted businessman does consummate his affair with his nastily manipulative secretary, it does not mean all ends well. Indeed, you could say the wife he betrays (Emma Thompson) carries the film's heaviest emotional weight. She's brave and--because Thompson is such a wise, fine actress--utterly winning in her devastation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Sweet Agonies Of Affection | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...Ability-wise, it’s awesome. You can definitely tell she’s in better shape, that she has gotten stronger,” says junior forward Kat Sweet. “She’ll step it up, and be a leader. She’s in for a huge year—we lost so much offensive push last year that she needs...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Hot Shot Fires Away | 10/31/2003 | See Source »

...sure skill-wise if they’re at our level,” said freshman defender David Williams. “They don’t have any really explosive weapons, and they play a normal 4-4-2, so I don’t think we’re going to formulate our game plan around them...

Author: By Evan R. Johnson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Soccer Welcomes Struggling Big Green | 10/31/2003 | See Source »

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