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...gets moldy really quickly," says an elderly Ossi, working as a toilet attendant in the Checkpoint Charlie Museum. "You never know what anything costs," she continues. "In the G.D.R., a half-pound of butter cost the same in all the shops." Her current job is badly paid ("Don't ask") and she has to fund her prescription glasses and hearing aid. Things would have been different, better, in the G.D.R., she says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany's Election: Divided They Stand | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

...health care needed reforming, and still does. But before despairing that some things never change, consider how much has. In 1991 the world watched a black motorist named Rodney King be beaten by L.A. cops, all of whom were acquitted; a majority of whites still disapproved of interracial marriage. Ask yourself, Would the people we were then have voted for a mixed-race President and a black First Lady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What College Students Don't Know | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

...expected submitted by people receiving insurance as part of a loan. Giné, who has observed similar results in the Philippines, suspects loan officers sweep the added benefit under the rug. Reason? They fear that potential customers will walk if they feel they're paying for something they didn't ask for. So they never know about the coverage they have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The World's Poor Refuse Insurance | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

...have to ask about the Playboy Playmates. Why did you focus group them and what did you learn about what they're looking for in a man? Why did I focus group them? Why would a guy ask another guy that question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pollster Frank Luntz, Warrior with Words | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

...that at least 1.5 million ballots - more than one-third of the total - may have been fraudulent. If, as opponents and foreign observers allege, most of the tainted ballots turn out to be for Karzai, that could drop the President below the 50% mark. "The international community has to ask itself: Will it tolerate this massive fraud?" Abdullah asks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Karzai's Rival Abdullah Won't Budge on Runoff | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

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