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In the earliest days of the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe, Americans saw, and certainly heard, the bold and blunt style that had made New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin a popular and effective leader in the Crescent City. Nagin's angry calls to "get off your asses" may have shamed the federal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Complicated Mayor of New Orleans | 9/23/2005 | See Source »

The private response was all the more urgent because the public one seemed so inept. Somehow Harry Connick Jr. could get to the New Orleans Convention Center and offer help, but not the National Guard. Bush praised the "good work" on Thursday, then called the results "not acceptable" on Friday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Aftermath | 9/4/2005 | See Source »

She revisited the mental list of reasons to stay at West Point that she had made over the summer: 1) she had fought hard to leave Tucson and was too independent to drop out and move back in with her family, and 2) she had survived the worst part. By...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Class of 9/11 | 5/22/2005 | See Source »

Despite intense criticism of the charges by Pantano's supporters, the case has steadily worked its way up the chain of command--suggesting either its merit or the unwillingness of Marine commanders to halt such a sensitive inquiry. "It is sad but true that the military leadership is likely to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did He Go Too Far? | 2/28/2005 | See Source »

“Typically, for that kind of offense, you tend to be able to pay your way out right away,” he says. “They were being hard asses.”

Author: By Jonathan M. Siegel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: I Booed Dubya Successfully | 2/17/2005 | See Source »

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