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...successes and failures, its ambitions and broken dreams. As was true for many African states, the optimism of independence gave way to unrest, militarism and economic decline. As elsewhere, Ghanaians struggled back, rebuilding their country, renewing their democracy and securing fresh reason to hope. Today Ghana is a bright beacon for a continent the world too often sees only for its suffering. The country's rise and fall and rise again have given many Ghanaians--and many Africans--a more realistic understanding of what it will take to develop their continent's fragile fortunes than they had in the first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Saga of Ghana | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...officers of the law matter-of-factly foiled the scheming scholars’ painstakingly crafted plan. And it is initially hard to find fault in an arrest that might curtail future mass-scale "Star Wars" idolatry. I for one plan to flee this city and never return if the Beacon Hill monument is ever altered to resemble...

Author: By Stephen C. Bartenstein | Title: A ‘Hacking’ Heritage | 3/5/2007 | See Source »

People come to be offended, and while you say that the Pudding’s Asian and African-American stereotypes are offensive, I argue that the Pudding is a beacon of morality in this overly politically-correct world. Everyone is treated the same by the Pudding. The Pudding as an institution is an equal-opportunity offender. And, just for the record, as an African-American female, I was not offended...

Author: By Katherine L. Penner | Title: The Hasty Pudding Show Deserves A Better Review | 3/2/2007 | See Source »

...warn against the "confrontation among the various positions that create tensions and useless and dangerous clashes." In the past, he has voiced his support for woman deacons, and even called for a Third Vatican Council to address the many issues dividing Catholics. Martini has long been a beacon for a generation of progressive bishops and cardinals, like Archbishop of Westminster Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, who has recently pushed to have a mass for gay parishioners. Martini and his followers, in fact, have long contrasted with the future German pope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope's Progressive Challenger | 2/20/2007 | See Source »

Stephen Lee, 23, is already sold. He says his Helio's Buddy Beacon came in handy one night when his roommate went out. "I saw that she was at Wendy's, and I just texted her to pick up a couple of 99¢ crispy-chicken sandwiches," says the graduate student in Chattanooga, Tenn. "I really use it to show other people that it's cool and they should get one." So far he has convinced his roommate, his girlfriend and his best friend. Well, it's a start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Wireless Street Fight | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

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