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...effort to unseat Republican John Kline. Though Rowley, 50, would start as a distinct underdog in the heavily Republican district (Kline won a second term last year with 56% of the vote), Steven Schier, political science professor at Carleton College, says Rowley might surprise people. "She'll attract a lot of money because she'll be seen as a credible candidate due to her FBI background," he says. "She's fairly conservative for a Democrat, and that makes sense in this district. But it will be a very tough race...
...shorter enlistments may not be enough to attract students if the adventure still means combat in Iraq. The Army had "disappointing" results when it tried out its 15-month enlistment option in a pilot program over the past two years in 10 cities, said Major General Michael Rochelle, head of the Army Recruiting Command. He insists it was because the program wasn't advertised broadly. But even an aggressive marketing campaign by no means guarantees compensating for the shortfall of 6,600 enlistees so far this year, with next year looking not much better. Rochelle says the military is facing...
...different from the children's entertainment he has been making. Abbas Ali Massah Tehran What a coincidence: almost exactly 60 years after the end of World War II in Europe, the Star Wars villain, Darth Vader, is on Time's cover. I imagine he is there not only to attract readers but also to symbolize that the once mighty "evil empire" eventually collapsed. May the Force stay with you. Arek Druzdzel Radom, Poland A Matter of Crime In your report on race relations in South Africa in the 10 years since the end of apartheid [April 25], you showed...
...brief, tightly controlled visit last week, but they saw little. "There are still lots of troops on the streets," says Abdukadir Sattarov, an Andijan resident. Andijan could be a turning point in the resistance to Karimov's rule. Prominent local businessmen took up arms, and the revolt could also attract the involvement of battle-hardened Uzbek fighters from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan ( imu). "Andijan has in a single stroke revitalized the imu," says Alexey Malashenko of the Carnegie Moscow Center. A senior U.S. diplomat in Moscow says Karimov should "turn toward a course of reform and democratization." Asked...
What a coincidence: Almost exactly 60 years after the end of World War II in Europe, the Star Wars villain, Darth Vader, is on TIME's cover. I imagine he is there not only to attract readers but also to symbolize that the once mighty "evil empire" eventually collapsed. May the Force stay with...