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...much did you know about the situation Greece was in before you came to office? How big a surprise was this crisis to you? We all knew, and I knew personally, that Greece was going through a crisis, but the level of the impact of the crisis on the economy was not known. (See pictures of Athens threatened by wildfires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with George Papandreou | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...decent in politics. There is this concept of politics as a dirty game. It's a difficult game, but it doesn't have to be dirty. I think this is what we need to bring to politics. I think politics around the world has very often been captured by big interests - lobbies they call them in the States. (See how Americans are spending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with George Papandreou | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...herself. The essayist and novelist has spent much of the past 30 years chasing profound truths, pinning them to the page and then dousing them with self-deprecating humor. She makes life's terrifying challenges seem small enough to hold in your hand, cameos to contemplate rather than big pictures to overwhelm, whether it's writing a book (Bird by Bird), finding faith (Traveling Mercies) or saying farewell to a loved one (Hard Laughter). See the all TIME 100 novels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tough Love | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...novel, Imperfect Birds (Riverhead; 278 pages), functions in reverse, suggesting all the terror of the big picture. It's about Elizabeth and James, liberal do-gooders from Marin County, California (and the subjects of her previous novels Rosie and Crooked Little Heart), and their daughter Rosie. At 17, Rosie is "black-haired, strapping and fabulous" and an academic high achiever, but she does every drug under the sun, including her peers' parentally dispensed Adderall. The book is a stark illustration of deception, denial and parents' desperate desire to stay loved. You emerge from its last bittersweet pages ready to drug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tough Love | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...loss," said Walesa soon upon hearing about the catastrophe. "It is a big loss for the nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland Mourns a Devastating Plane Crash | 4/10/2010 | See Source »

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