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...TIME: You have acquired the reputation as an abrasive leader and author of a confrontational foreign policy. Do you disagree with that view? Meles: I probably fail to beat about the bush. But I would suggest that when and where I have been direct, I have tried to be respectful. In policy we have not been confrontational. We have always sought the peaceful way out, even when we are on the receiving end of aggression. With Eritrea, it was very obvious that Eritrea invaded our country. And we sought a peaceful way out. The Americans and the Rwandans came...
...retired, you start making the area part of your life right away. That helps you build a social network, which will ease the transition when you do make the move. "You get a chance to meet people and be part of the community," says Christine Hrib Karpinski, author of Profit from Your Vacation Home Dream. "It's truly a second home...
...Boston suburbs. They bought a condo downtown and a country home in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts. With three grown children and in-laws all living out of town, "our place in the Berkshires has become the place to come for Thanksgiving and other holidays," says Mills, author of Boomers! Funding Your Future in an Age of Uncertainty. "It's exactly what we hoped would happen...
...voice opinions and select a government, the U.S. tops out at 35th place--a drop from its rank of 22nd in 2005 because of a decreased trust in public officials and restrictions on the freedom of the press. "The U.S. is not a model," says Daniel Kaufmann, a lead author of the report, but it is far from the doghouse...
...Americans that the U.S. had done its damnedest before quietly pulling the plug on the enterprise. Bush isn't yet ready to blame anyone else. Instead, he has been waiting for months for this showdown with his war critics and now intends to prevail. He told journalist Robert Draper, author of the new book Dead Certain, that he was counting on Congress to continue a sustained military presence in Iraq through this year and into the presidency of whoever succeeds him. As early as May, Bush told Draper that the moment of truth would come in the fall...