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...during the day. In some places Israeli forces have established toeholds across the border and in others maintain forward positions two or three miles inside Lebanese territory, but without necessarily securing the territory to their rear. "I think the Israelis perhaps underestimated the strength of the Hizballah positions," General Alain Pellegrini, the commander of UNIFIL told TIME in an interview at his headquarters in Naqoura. "I think they would have hoped for quicker progress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viewing the War from a U.N. Relief Convoy | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

...that have set up in the Mediterranean. Many Spanish and French fishing companies have used the subsidies to overhaul their fleets, installing sonar systems and new engines and hugely increasing capacity. "Fishermen used to have old wooden boats, but now most boats in the Mediterranean are brand new," says Alain Fonteneau, a marine biologist for the French government-run Institute of Development Research in Montpellier. Other technologies have contributed; tuna-ranching companies fly spotter planes throughout May over prime breeding grounds off Algeria, Libya and Turkey to track shoals of tuna. (During the rest of the breeding season, the flights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mediterranean's Tuna Wars | 7/16/2006 | See Source »

...death of that formidable figure and of Gianni's younger brother Umberto Agnelli, both from cancer within 16 months, created the vacuum that forced Elkann--the eldest child of Gianni Agnelli's daughter Margherita and French-Italian writer Alain Elkann--to step to the fore ahead of schedule. He did so amid a two-year corporate crisis that began in 2002 when weak management damaged brand image and forced a $3.8 billion bank bailout to stave off potential bankruptcy. "If the situation had been different, I might have had more time to ease into the job. But I was forced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All In The Family | 7/16/2006 | See Source »

...once-in-a-lifetime decision. They do, and it's stupid. I've done a lot of my research and writing in the field of cuisine and wine and I see lots of people there who haven't gone to university. Look at the most famous chefs: [Alain] Ducasse, [Joël] Robuchon, [Guy] Savoy; they started in the kitchens at 13 and now they're the heads of companies. Ducasse earns millions per year, and Robuchon opened two new restaurants in Las Vegas last year. Yet polls show that at least 60% of students aspire to be state employees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions For Jean-Robert Pitte | 7/2/2006 | See Source »

...relationship with his famous silver-haired grandfather. The death of this formidable figure and of Gianni's younger brother Umberto Agnelli, both from cancer within a 16-month span, created the vacuum that forced Elkann - the eldest child of Gianni Agnelli's daughter Margherita and French-Italian writer Alain Elkann - to step to the fore ahead of schedule. He did so amid the company's two-year crisis that came, in 2002, from weak management and damaged brand image, and forced a €3 billion bank bailout to stave off potential bankruptcy. "If the situation had been different, I might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All In The Family | 6/25/2006 | See Source »

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