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GE has been the exception to the rule that conglomerates are clumsy beasts doomed to underperformance. In the two decades since he took the helm from Reginald Jones, another legend, the wiry, intense Welch, son of a train conductor from Salem, Mass., has turned a sprawling $27 billion-a-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jack Who? | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

The Food and Drug Administration is also handcuffed. Most of the ADHD ads are not within its jurisdiction because they neither name the drug nor describe it. (Exception: Celltech's ad for Metadate CD, which the FDA is reviewing.) And even if they were, says FDA official Nancy Ostrove, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Ritalin Ad Blitz Makes Parents Jumpy | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

Your coverage of assisted living was very comprehensive, with one exception: if there is any suspicion of abuse or neglect, families should contact the state department of social services and file a complaint. In North Carolina, there is a division for the elderly called adult services, and complaints can be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 3, 2001 | 9/3/2001 | See Source »

There is one big exception to the tendency to redefine what can remain confidential, and that is in the world of business, where trade secrets are increasingly perceived as precious commodities that need protection. The global economy relies more and more on companies that create and sell knowledge, but their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Rules for Keeping Secrets | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

By contrast, the "American Pies" are about a group of buddies, and said buddies are essentially crowdless. Finch is a scrawny proto-intellectual who wears black Converse sneakers (timeless badge of the high school rebel) and speaks as if he wants to be Jeremy Irons when he grows up. Chris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Home in the Crowd | 8/16/2001 | See Source »

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