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...official meetings that the end of history is only two or three years away. He reportedly told an associate that on the podium of the General Assembly last September, he felt a halo around him and for "those 27 or 28 minutes, the leaders of the world did not blink ... as if a hand was holding them there and it opened their eyes to receive" his message. He believes that the Islamic revolution's raison d'ętre is to prepare the way for the messianic redemption, which in his eschatology is preceded by worldwide upheaval and chaos. How better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Today Tehran, Tomorrow the World | 3/26/2006 | See Source »

Maybe not yet, Seth. Although some snowboarders--and their agents--insist they've gone mainstream, this is still a sport in which Blink 182 blares over the loudspeakers while the boarders McTwist and where a chain-smoking, black-bandanna-wearing public-address announcer--American Dave Duncan--pumps the crowd when there's a "smokin' run." His black T shirt at the women's half-pipe read, SKATE AND DESTROY. Not exactly Olympian, but your kids are catching on: the National Sporting Goods Association estimates there are more recreational snowboarders (6.6 million) than skiers (5.9 million) in the U.S. Look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 2006 Olympics: You're Golden, Dude! | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

...anybody assumed Iran would blink in its dangerous standoff with the West, they were wrong. Ten days ago, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) voted overwhelmingly to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions. In response, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a defiant speech last Saturday to tens of thousands of Iranians marking the 27th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. Repeating that Iran "will not forgo its irrefutable right" to develop nuclear energy, Ahmadinejad warned that Iran may even withdraw from the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the IAEA-policed pact defining the rules of peaceful nuclear energy programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Iran's Nuclear Defiance | 2/15/2006 | See Source »

...greatest ambiguity materialized a few years ago, when an opposition group revealed Iran’s nuclear ambitions to the world after Teheran had spent years denying any such attempt. With a blink from the White House, Russia changed a crucial law in 2002, and offered Iran to take back the spent fuel, thus minimizing Teheran’s contact with fissile material. Despite intense negotiations, Teheran flirts with refusal, alleging that it would only perpetuate its dependency on foreign powers. Moreover, the IAEA has openly declared that some of Iran’s figures for fissile material stock simply...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Iran’s (Artistic) Ambitions | 2/2/2006 | See Source »

...Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Lambeth-based company, Blink, the duo eschewed the commonly used dry-press method, where fine powder is compressed to form tiles, in favor of wet clay production, which lends clay its personality as it dries. But it's an expensive method, reflected in the tiles' cost - $215 to $250 per sq m - and it spurred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wall Mart | 12/18/2005 | See Source »

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