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Over the years, Schweik has been the model for dozens of fictional characters - among them Yossarian in Catch-22 - and he was a particularly favored template for the Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, who was Menzel's friend and collaborator for decades. Menzel's finest film, Closely Watched Trains, which won...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Review: I Served the King of England | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

Biden's personal story is solid and compelling. His father was a car salesman and his mother raised him, his two brothers and a sister. He went to school and practiced law in Delaware before running for local government and winning an upset Senate victory in 1972. While Christmas shopping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Obama's Bet on Biden | 8/23/2008 | See Source »

10 | Washington Live Fast, Die Young(er) Though car-accident fatalities are declining, the number of Americans killed on motorcycles has risen dramatically. Strong sales, boosted by the bikes' fuel efficiency and baby boomers' desire to relive their two-wheeled glory days, have increased the number of motorcycles on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

It took the better part of the day, but by Wednesday evening, the dimensions of the worst Spanish air accident in the last 30 years were clear: of Spanair flight 5022's 172 passengers and crew, 153 were dead. The other 19 people onboard were all injured, many of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death Toll Could Rise in Madrid Crash | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

A low-cost subsidiary of SAS Airlines, Spanair has fallen on hard times lately, and it recently announced cutbacks, including that of 100 pilots. Its current economic status will surely raise questions about whether cost-cutting measures contributed to the accident. The airline has stated that the 1993 craft passed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death Toll Could Rise in Madrid Crash | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

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