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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...countries have few other places to go - so mutual interests might allow this grand bargain to continue. Washington has so far skirted the complicated issues deriving from the need for further recapitalization of its financial system. But the wealthiest country in the world may no longer be able to afford to be so picky about who rides to its rescue and on what terms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investing: That Sinking Feeling | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

...American people deserve a President who understands the real threats we face, and they deserve a strategy to overcome them. We cannot afford another four years of misunderstood and misguided priorities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain and Obama on Afghanistan | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

...environment, the use of torture, the fate of Guantánamo Bay and other issues, McCain stood apart - and sometimes alone - from both his President and his party. For all that, he cannot escape Bush's shadow - in part because no Republican nominee could but also because McCain cannot afford to try, given how suspiciously he is regarded by conservatives. And so he answers questions like that one in Ohio with a fatalistic admission that he and the President are linked, for better and probably for worse. "Bush could beat him twice," says a friend who knows McCain well. "Imagine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Frenemies: The McCain-Bush Dance | 7/16/2008 | See Source »

...high numbers? Jim Anthony, chair of the department of epidemiology at Michigan State University and an author of the study, says U.S. drug habits have to do, in part, with the country's affluence - many Americans can afford to spend their income on recreational drugs. Another factor may be an increasing awareness that marijuana may be less toxic than other drugs, such as tobacco or alcohol. (However, the study also found that the U.S. is among the leading countries in the percentage of respondents who have tried tobacco and alcohol). As for the popularity of cocaine, the reason may simply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An American Pastime: Smoking Pot | 7/11/2008 | See Source »

...because families are forced to spend a larger share of their meager incomes on necessities. UNICEF estimates that an additional 1.8 million children in India may be on the brink of malnutrition due to high food costs as households scale back on meals. In the Philippines, farmers, unable to afford fuel for tractors, are reverting to water buffalos to plow their paddies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tiger Trap | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

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