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But modesty, like activism, is in the eye of the beholder. What the Democrats want to know is how he would treat past efforts by the court to right social wrongs, whether by busing students to foster desegregation or banning the execution of people under age 18. Would he "humbly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 Things You Need to Know About Roberts | 8/28/2005 | See Source »

Since the start of the insurgency in Iraq, the most persistent danger to U.S. troops has come from the Sunni Arab insurgents and terrorists who roam the center and west of the country. But some U.S. officials are worried about a potentially greater challenge to order in Iraq and U.S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Iran's Secret War for Iraq | 8/15/2005 | See Source »

Volleyball, however, is the biggest sticking point. Mayor Mark Boughton tried--and failed--to get local cops deputized as federal immigration agents, but he's still urging the passage of an ordinance banning "repetitive outdoor group activities." Boughton insists that the ordinance is crafted broadly enough to prevent rowdy Wiffle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Serving Up a Conflict | 7/25/2005 | See Source »

Clearly, Tongans enjoyed bodysurfing. And they were good at it. Less clear is why, not long after Vason admired them, they abruptly dropped the pastime. Except for Vason's, missionaries' accounts of Tonga during the 1800s make no mention of fanifo or any aquatic activity that could be mistaken for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rediscovering the Joy of Surf | 7/25/2005 | See Source »

Missionaries who came to Tonga shortly after Vason appear to have stuck more closely to their brief, and to have frowned on a pastime in which men and women, boys and girls - almost certainly naked - cavorted in the surf. It's thought that the missionaries convinced the chiefs that fanifo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rediscovering the Joy of Surf | 7/25/2005 | See Source »

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