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...despite our every instinct to the contrary, there is one thing that consciousness is not: some entity deep inside the brain that corresponds to the "self," some kernel of awareness that runs the show, as the "man behind the curtain" manipulated the illusion of a powerful magician in The Wizard of Oz. After more than a century of looking for it, brain researchers have long since concluded that there is no conceivable place for such a self to be located in the physical brain, and that it simply doesn't exist...
...press; when he does it's usually off the record, and he doesn't give away much. Even before the MCA rumors, he was a frequent subject of what-does-he-really-want stories in newspapers and magazines. And today, after months of entrail reading, nobody but the wizard of Ovitz knows for sure...
...reform the system to save it. But they were quickly tripped up by loose talk from Gingrich. In an April 28 speech to a conservative seniors' group, Gingrich offered to put Medicare reform on a separate track from consideration of the budget-a move that left even budget wizard Kasich scratching his head over what Gingrich meant. With Social Security and interest on the debt off the table, the budget simply cannot be balanced by 2002 without major savings from Medicare and Medicaid. "We were doing fine until Newt stumbled," House Republican Conference Chairman John Boehner of Ohio told Time...
Orange Countians were eager to pin it all on Citron. So conservative after hours that he preferred to keep his own money in bank accounts, Citron was nonetheless known throughout California as a high-rolling wizard when it came to public money. In 1979 Citron helped change a state law to allow counties to - borrow vast amounts through arrangements called reverse repurchase agreements. Such deals permit treasurers to take out what amount to short-term loans from firms like Merrill Lynch and invest the proceeds in longer-term bonds that pay more interest. In pursuit of this strategy, Citron added...
...bunch of guys in front of Widener were singing something from 'The Wizard of Oz,'--'Over the Rainbow,' I think," said Rebecca Edwards '98. "And in the Union right after twelve, there was a person in long-johns yodeling...