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...recession before it can pull out of its current, shallow one. Should Koizumi defy the odds and prove a wild success, a period of creative destruction in Japan could extend and deepen the current global slump. Yet after a decade of slow decay, it is no time to be squeamish about bleeding Japan in order to save...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Junichiro Koizumi | 4/26/2001 | See Source »

...Junichiro Koizumi is not squeamish about change. He's been pushing for the same reforms since the mid-'90s, and has been around the government long enough to know where the medicine has to go and who has to swallow it. The stomachs of the rest of the government - and the voters, who loved Koizumi for what he's against but may not feel the same about what he's for - are quite another matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Junichiro Koizumi | 4/26/2001 | See Source »

Bill Clinton is becoming the O. J. Simpson of American politics - a morally shady figure whose public presence makes us all a little bit squeamish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Stand So Close to Me | 2/16/2001 | See Source »

...sales are down. Car buying is depressed. Consumer confidence is fading. Last week GM and Whirlpool announced big layoffs. In November the S&P 500 stock index finished its first 12-month period of negative returns in a decade, according to Bianco Research. In other words, people are getting squeamish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recession Proof | 12/25/2000 | See Source »

SCREENING FOR THE SQUEAMISH Can't stomach the idea of colonoscopy? If early reports pan out, there may be a far less intimidating--and still reliable--way to screen for colon cancer. Doctors have developed a simple stool test that analyzes DNA shed from inside the colon. The test has so far accurately detected 91% of tumors and 73% of tiny precancerous polyps. It may be two years or more before the test becomes available, however, so your best bet for now is still the 6-ft. probe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Nov. 6, 2000 | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

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