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While Graf's tactics are certainly not to be condoned, it's interesting how this behavior in males is so commonly overlooked. Emily Dalzell, BISMARCK...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Doom and the Moon | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

Emily Dalzell, BISMARCK...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

Criticism of the welfare state touches a raw nerve among Germans. They have jealously guarded social benefits since they were introduced by Otto von Bismarck, the "Iron Chancellor," in the 1880s. Bismarck's system - designed to win over workers and increase productivity - guaranteed every citizen social insurance, including a pension, national health insurance and disability benefits. Westerwelle thinks that should change, and is also pushing for lower taxes and a new simplified tax system. The opposition Social Democrats branded him a "sociopolitical arsonist" while the Greens warned that the welfare state would be pared back to a "social...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany: Tensions at the Top | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

...shopping. On a Monday afternoon at the home-improvement store Menards, the parking lot is packed with pickups. It's the start of construction season, after all, and with Bismarck's population growing - not the case for North Dakota overall - there are still houses and stores to be built and remodeled. The trucks drive away with picnic tables and water heaters in their beds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bismarck: The Town the Recession Missed | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

...retailers north of town, a few miles before city streets fall away and the horizon takes over, shoppers leaving Kohl's and Best Buy and Shoe Carnival are carrying bags - but not huge ones. In plenty of other places, that might be a sign of cutting back. Here in Bismarck, though, moderation is business as usual. Yes, Bismarckers like their things; it's rare to drive down a residential block and not see at least a few boats or RVs sitting in driveways. But splurging never really took hold here as it did in much of the rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bismarck: The Town the Recession Missed | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

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