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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...big plans for Father's Day? No. I try not to celebrate Father's Day; it's my wife who insists on doing it. If she can ratchet up Father's Day, it means Mother's Day is that much bigger. That's the only reason it gets celebrated. It's a phony holiday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michael Lewis on Father's Day | 6/19/2009 | See Source »

...What will come of all this cross-fertilization? With the Supreme Court blessing of the deal that released Chrysler from bankruptcy, the discussions and note exchanges are quickly shifting into high-powered design collaboration that will soon reshape the beleaguered automaker's future product plans, including a big, new emphasis on smaller vehicles with spiffy little engines. (See the top 10 bankruptcies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Fiat Could Do for Chrysler (and Vice Versa) | 6/19/2009 | See Source »

...voto en blanco, or "blank vote," the curious movement emerged on blogs and in YouTube videos when campaigns kicked off last month. Since then it has snowballed, with prominent intellectuals and several politicians themselves joining its ranks. Its simple message: the whole political system stinks, so just draw one big cross on the ballot sheet on July 5, when the country has to choose the federal Senate and 500-seat lower House, six governors and hundreds of state and municipal offices. "Voting for the least bad candidate is like buying the least rotten fruit," says Jose Antonio Crespo, a well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico's Election Rebellion: Just Vote No | 6/18/2009 | See Source »

...days before the Iranian election, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held a big rally at the Mosallah Mosque - said to be the world's largest, if it is ever completed - in central Tehran. It was not very well organized. About 20,000 supporters of the President were inside the building, being entertained by a series of TV stars, athletes and religious singers. Many thousands more swirled outside. Inside, a TV host led the crowd in chanting "Death to Israel." "Squeeze your teeth and yell from the bottom of your heart," he implored. Later, the host said he had once asked Iran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joe Klein: What I Saw at the Revolution | 6/18/2009 | See Source »

...first big problem emerged immediately after Benedict's surprise gesture of rapprochement when it turned out that one of the four bishops brought back into the fold, British-born Richard Williamson, was a vocal Holocaust denier. That required weeks of Vatican damage control. But another clash is brewing that may seem less explosive to the outside world but is actually more problematic for long-term church relations. For the Society is now preparing to openly defy the Holy See again. The group has announced that on June 27, three new priests and three deacons will be ordained at its seminary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pope Benedict vs. the Lefebvrites: Round 2 | 6/18/2009 | See Source »

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