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But as the days wore on and the number of gold medals won by China's army of athletes piled up, the approval of outsiders seemed to become less important. The Olympics became a show for the locals. It helped, too, that stringent visa regulations had limited the influx of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lessons of the Beijing Olympics | 8/24/2008 | See Source »

It was a remarkable odyssey for the two battered ships of the "Free Gaza" movement, a U.S.-based pro-Palestinian group, which set out from Cyprus on Friday morning with few hopes of reaching Gaza. The activists, who hail from 14 countries, said that before they even set sail, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking the Gaza Blockade | 8/23/2008 | See Source »

Still, in the second quarter, Argentina rallied with some spot-up shooting; it helped them that Bryant jacked a couple of brick threes early in the U.S. possession, a somewhat annoying habit that could bite the Yanks in the final (Bryant had another bad three-point shooting night, as he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: US Hoops Shows How to Win Ugly | 8/22/2008 | See Source »

It's halftime at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium on Tuesday afternoon. Sneakers squeak on the court as the French and Chinese players warm up; they practice their dribbling with both hands and perfect their jump-shot techniques. Nothing but net! The game resumes. China comes out in a tight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, America, What About Handball? | 8/14/2008 | See Source »

In the closing days of the 1992 presidential campaign, President George H.W. Bush took to waving a bumper sticker with the slogan ANNOY THE MEDIA/RE-ELECT BUSH. Four years later, Senator Bob Dole asked voters to "rise up" against media that were trying to "steal this election." Complaining about the liberal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crushing on Obama | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

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