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...Egypt's Nasser correctly predicted Guevara would be coming in as Tarzan among the natives). Others will wonder at the odd lack of dramatic incident among all the warfare. But you really can't argue with Buchman and Soderbergh about the movie they didn't make; a viewer must accept that they meant these to be bold strategies, and judge what's on the screen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guerrilla in the Mist: Soderbergh's Che | 12/13/2008 | See Source »

Then a vigorous refusal to accept the status quo ... "We've come too far!" - Will Ferrell in Old School...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forty Inspirational Speeches in Two Minutes | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...restructure, Senate Republicans, led by Bob Corker of Tennessee, engaged in a marathon session of talks. By late in the day, it seemed like they might be amenable to a plan that would involve the automakers slashing their debt by March 31 and forcing the United Autoworkers Union to accept wage cuts that would put them on par with employees of foreign automakers, which operate plants in the U.S. "We were three words - three words - away from a deal. We offered any date in the year 2009 - any date," Corker said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Auto-Bailout Blowup, Will Bush Take the Wheel? | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...want to choose between merit pay, based on performance, plus losing a year of tenure, and a standard smaller raise on an annual basis exposes the core issue regarding our failed public-school system. The vast majority of public-school teachers (as represented by their union) are willing to accept below-proficiency pay in return for job security because they are painfully aware of their collective ineptitude. When tenure is eliminated and teachers can make up to $130,000 per year for extraordinary performance, educators like me may be encouraged to (re)join public service. Until that time, those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...much of his tenure as governor, he has spent more time in Chicago than in Springfield, the state capital. Blagojevich has thus far refused to resign, and he still holds the power to fill Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat. But it's doubtful any credible candidate would accept a nomination that came from his hand. To try to circumvent the scandal, there is some talk of the lieutenant governor, Pat Quinn, appointing Obama's successor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fall of the House of Blagojevich | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

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