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...News.” After the initial surprise, I was a little upset that my family had only sent an e-mail. Of course, I didn’t expect my mom to call, but what about my dad or my sister? So I searched for a phone booth. I called the house, my dad’s office, my sister’s cell phone. No one answered. My messages were curt, even hostile. I would find out later that while I was leaving passive-aggressive voicemails, my grandpa was being eulogized. I didn’t have...
...Baltimore Orioles fan Ken Mehlman is applying Moneyball's stats-centric strategy to his own game. "Politics, like baseball, for years was less effective than it could be because you didn't try to quantify things," he told TIME. Mehlman managed Bush-Cheney '04, which set "metrics" for making phone calls and knocking on doors, and tracked ads on spreadsheets. He obsesses over detailed data like turnout in Florida among newly registered Republicans who call themselves fiscal conservatives (91.2% last year), all new G.O.P.ers (75.7%) and overall (65.3%)--numbers that he says show the power of tax cuts. Mehlman sets...
STICKYBRAIN In addition to storing notes and research like a digital filing cabinet, this Mac-only program lets you highlight something on a Web page, such as a phone number or an online discount, and export it into a note for easy access later. Have a sudden thought? Create a new note with a quick keystroke. Need to look something up in your notes? StickyBrain searches speedily for any word...
...Cash and Carter to open up, Mangold spent hours with them on the phone and at their Hendersonville, Tenn., home. He asked general questions (To Johnny: What did it feel like to do drugs? To June: Do you recall the first time Johnny touched you?), tape-recorded the answers and worked them into his drafts, which he shared with the couple. And finally, a few months before Carter and Cash died (within four months of each other in 2003), he found out that they had given in to temptation one night after a show in Las Vegas, that Carter...
...those concerned about the mess in Iraqi, it helps to think in colors.Last month when I was talking to my brother on the phone, he seemed to be a little frustrated about what’s happening in Iraq. He said, “The solution for Iraq is for Americans to share the green.” What green? “I mean the Green Zone. You need to find a place for Iraqis in the Green Zone.” The Green Zone, the heavily fortified part of Baghdad where U.S. headquarters are located, is believed...