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...Sharon tried to mollify both wings by acceding to neither; he instead announced the creation of "buffer zones" to separate the Palestinian territories from Israel. But he left the idea so vague that it failed to bolster belief that he has any plan for rescuing the country from the abyss. According to a poll released last Friday, only 54% of Israelis believe Sharon is credible, down from 77% seven months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East on the Brink | 2/24/2002 | See Source »

...laid clearly at the feet of the Democrats - the Republican-led House at least passed a bill, while Daschle made sure nothing at all got through the Democratic Senate. The recession is in full swing, unemployment keeps rising, consumer confidence keeps teetering on the edge of the abyss - shouldn't somebody in Washington be doing something to help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Daschle's Do-No-Harm Congress | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

...Full Monty and receives Jennifer Lopez. The throne hasn't seen that much booty since the days of Sir Francis Drake ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER The Terminator gets a California ski run named after him. Modeled after his career, it's a steep downward slope ending in a bottomless abyss "MR. McCHINA" U.K. entrepreneur beats McDonalds and is allowed to sell Chinese fast food as McChina. McGizzard Happy Meals come with a cheap toy Losers FABIEN BARTHEZ Sieve-like French goaltender may get butter brand named after him. The money will be handy when Man U subs him with Posh Spice SANTA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...that was long enough to get hooked. Cambodia?its war, its people, its tragedy?became an obsession. After a year of mandatory military service back home in France, he returned to Cambodia in 1975, just as the Khmer Rouge swept to power and plunged the country into the abyss. For the next 25 years Neveu would return to photograph whenever he could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shooting in the Dark | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...kind of headline one might expect as we concluded a second day of bombing against Afghanistan. But instead of showing a picture of a U.S. fighter ascending from an aircraft carrier or the lit-up nighttime sky of Afghanistan, the accompanying photograph showed a rescue worker peering into the abyss of the site of the World Trade Center. The glaring contrast between the headline and picture created a chilling message: “Yes, we too are now perpetrators of violence, but remember why we must do it! Don’t forget how angry you felt last month...

Author: By Nader R. Hasan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Media War | 10/17/2001 | See Source »

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