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...Schwartz's job to know what's around the corner. Building on his experience as head of Royal Dutch/Shell's Group Planning unit in the 1980s, Schwartz, 56, charts inevitabilities and uncertainties for investors and politicians grappling with long-term decisions. Can he really tell us the shape of things to come? In Inevitable Surprises: A Survival Guide for the 21st Century (The Free Press; 245 pages) he insists that he can. Here's a sampling of what he sees ahead: Prediction No. 1: There's still plenty of life in the global economy. Growth in some Western countries might...
They will have access to the Senior Common Room, a community meeting place where resident scholars and students alike can meet and interact—and a venue where the former representative hopes many of the relationships he seeks will take shape...
...battle between believers and doubters finally came to a head over the State of the Union speech. Weeks of work had gone into the address; speechwriters had produced two dozen drafts. But as the final form was taking shape, the wording of the yellowcake passage went down to the wire. When the time came to decide whether Bush was going to cite the allegation, the CIA objected--and then relented. Two senior Administration officials tell TIME that in a January conversation with a key National Security Council (NSC) official just a few days before the speech, a top CIA analyst...
...Excused the accused in a high-profile gang-rape case by remarking that they demonstrated virility in a nation where good old-fashioned machismo is fast declining. "I think boys who commit gang rape are in good shape," he said. "I think they are rather normal...
...heavy-duty rollers--hidden beneath the chair's black leather exterior--that began slowly gliding up and down my back. A system of infrared sensors, meanwhile, was supposed to be taking my measure, scanning my body to identify pressure points, and creating a massage customized to my size and shape. At floor level, a touch-sensitive footrest adjusted itself so that my foot rub could begin...