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...will tell you this, that we've gone backward in Iraq, and we've gone backward on the war on terror. I'm not President until Jan. 20, if America elects me. I don't know what I'll find in Iraq. But I'll tell you this: I will pursue a far more aggressive, proactive statesmanship role to bring countries to our side in an effort in which they have an interest. Ninety percent of the casualties and costs are being borne by Americans. That's inexcusable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '04: I've Been in Worse Situations | 9/20/2004 | See Source »

...receiving yards, now it is Hall’s turn to steal the show, just as he did last year against the Crimson. Dartmouth does return last year’s starting quarterback Charlie Rittgers, so the passing game shouldn’t take too much of a step backward. That’s good news, because running back Chris Little is not a gamebreaker...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scouting the Opponents | 9/17/2004 | See Source »

...cards or something? The Taliban just shot them. And there was this attitude that, well, there goes the elections. It can't possibly happen. And since that day, there have been over 7 million more people registered to vote in Afghanistan, which was, regrettably, one of the most backward outposts in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George Bush: I've Gained Strength | 9/6/2004 | See Source »

Deng Xiaoping was born a hundred years ago into a semicolonized, backward and suppressed society. When he died in 1997, China was emerging as the powerhouse of Asia, uninhibited by foreign domination and seeking a key role in a world rent by clashing civilizations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Unlikely Alliance | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

...other guide, Dan, warn us that a fall here almost certainly means death, even as they have to leap onto wet rocks themselves to unsnag the rafts. We pull our little craft on ropes, use them as bridges to clamber over, tugging them as we inch backward along narrow ledges above frothing water. We push and pull them over boulders midstream, dropping them in the water on the other side and jumping into them one by one. Adrenaline flows as fast as the current, and we eat lunch ravenously atop a huge boulder onto which we've dragged the rafts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Raft With a View | 8/22/2004 | See Source »

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