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What today decides for tomorrow.
This page connects present-day choices to long-term consequences, whether in communication security policy or the shifting economics of building a sports team. For present-moment reflections, see Life.
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I've discovered is that my kids weren't watching the 'Today' show... they watch 'Gumby' and 'Bugs Bunny!'
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- Nov 07, 2020
This may sound funny, but as much as the 'Today' show matured me, it also was something of a cocoon. I'd been happy there. I never went into the boss's office and pounded my fist on the desk, saying, 'Give me more money! Give me a prime-time show!'
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the beginning when I sat next to Tom Brokaw on the 'Today' show, the stories I was interested in were those having to do with women and children and learning and health. In those days, 25 to 30 years ago, that was called soft news, and not in a nice way.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
To most of us, adulthood means being able to earn a living, possess a home, get married and rear children, and this implies having autonomy or control over one's life. In the 19th century, becoming an adult was celebrated as a liberation from paternal authority. Today we regard it more as a time of regret and stagnation.
- Emerged
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- Nov 07, 2020
Adolescence was only recognised as a life stage in the early 20th century, when psychologists got down to work. Today's generational battle obscures the fact that adulthood is happening later. A new transitional stage has emerged after adolescence: the twenties.
- Daughters
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- Nov 07, 2020
Today, Arizona's sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent the first summer after my diagnosis creeping about in giant sun hats and tents, cursing the sun, staying inside as much as possible. Now I am beginning to think the most important thing is educated sun exposure, because the melanomas of today are not caused by today's sunbathing, but by our childhoods and early adolescence.
- Economic Security
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Republican 'Work Harder for Less' budget leaves more Americans even worse off than they are today. The 'People's Budget' makes the critical investments needed to give the American people exactly what they deserve - economic security and peace of mind - and helps grow our economy from the middle out.
- Technology
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are certain cities around the world where it's possible to learn about tomorrow's technology as it's being developed today.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
Finally, I am encouraged to note that the Security Council issued a statement today expressing its concern about the massive humanitarian crisis in Darfur and calling on all parties to the conflict to protect civilians and reach a ceasefire.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I pinch myself every day anyway. Everyone knows the road I have had in the game and how I have managed to get myself to where I am today.
- Nov 07, 2020
And when the time comes to replace the O2 I have today, maybe my next machine will run Linux.
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- Nov 07, 2020