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...needs to deliver that all-important follow-up album, and continue building its fan base. Millare certainly hasn't let the kudos go to her head; in fact, she has set a straightforward goal for the band's immediate future. "The most important thing," she says, "is to be heard." She could be speaking for young musicians in bars all over Manila...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Way of Dharma | 7/19/2007 | See Source »

...money managers at Dodge & Cox have heard the adage that a camel is a horse designed by committee. They politely disagree. Their horse, you see, keeps winning. Each of the firm's four mutual funds has from nine to 18 portfolio managers, and every one gets equal say in which stocks and bonds to buy and sell. "The investment business is permeated with the lore of the individual. We think that's a bad way to manage money," says CEO John Gunn, one of many decision makers. "There are a zillion independent variables, and it's very hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cult of Committee | 7/19/2007 | See Source »

...heard Musharraf promise to go after Islamic militants before. The Bush Administration says Musharraf's policies "haven't worked." Why is this time any different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Lost Pakistan? | 7/19/2007 | See Source »

...means that the people of Yunnan have little interest in a certain sporting event that will commence on August 8, 2008. One Yunnan truck driver, when asked about the Olympics, just shook his head in disgust. "So much money is being wasted," he said, the first time I'd heard someone in China refer so negatively to the Summer Games. "It's not going to make my life any better. Why should I care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mountain Is High, and Beijing Is Far Away | 7/17/2007 | See Source »

...also had an agenda, which she pursued under the umbrella term beautification. At a time when environmentalism was a word few had heard, she did more to make Americans aware of the beauty and frailty of their natural surroundings than anyone since Teddy Roosevelt. Before there was an Earth Day, there was Lady Bird, pursuing her campaign to preserve national parks, fight pollution, plant wildflowers and banish billboards from around federal highways. In 1965 Congress passed the $325 million Highway Beautification Bill; everybody called it the Lady Bird Bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The First Green First Lady: Lady Bird Johnson | 7/13/2007 | See Source »

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