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...workers established personal accounts. (Maintaining benefits under the current system would likely require a much bigger hike.) Thoughtful economists have also recommended partial redistribution among the personal accounts to shield individuals from heavy investment losses. Mr. Bush’s plan, in contrast, is unfunded and dispenses with the core principle of social insurance...
...latest book, Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End. Kanter pulls case studies from business, sports and politics, including extended inside looks at Gillette, Continental Airlines and the British Broadcasting Corporation. Her conclusion is that winning organizations--from NFL franchises to FORTUNE 500 companies--share three core characteristics: they instill accountability at all levels, cultivate collaboration and teamwork and encourage initiative and innovation. With illustrative examples, Kanter lays out how to overcome attitude problems like passivity, inefficacy, finger pointing and panic in order to become a winner. But be warned: Kanter often calls for sweeping action, like...
...says the President in a campaign advertisement. The ad is designed to show that Bush is empathetic but also to remind women that dangers can break into their daily routine. The Beslan school massacre was a stark reminder of that. Both campaigns realize the atrocity shook women to the core. At the White House on Sept. 24, Bush met with children from the local John Quincy Adams Elementary School who had helped organize a toy and school-supply drive for the children of Beslan. Even Kerry campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill has cited Beslan as a reason for Bush...
...come to master more and more. The bulk of what intelligence suggests are 200 to 500 rebels is thought to be made up of local Baathists and former military officers fighting for a return of a Sunni-dominated government or national liberation. The rest are foreign jihadis and hard-core Iraqi Islamists heeding the call of terrorist leaders like Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi. For weeks, the al-Zarqawi fighters had made their presence in the city known. Only two days before the attack, there were reports of armed men roaming the city under the group's telltale black-and-yellow...
...upscale diner that claims the city's freshest oysters), Sushi Wabi (if you like artful fish and don't mind tight spaces) or Marché (a latter-day French Surrealist bistro). Want quick takeout with local color? Grab an Italian beef sandwich at Mr. Beef's on Orleans. The hard core order it "wet," with the roll soaked in gravy...