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...where do I fit in? For six weeks, I'm in many ways experiencing the life of a French student. I live in my own apartment, attend classes taught in French, and have to fend for myself with budget shopping at the Monoprix. With my daily baguette and block of brie, I could almost pass for French (until I open my mouth...

Author: By Rachel L. Pollack | Title: City of (Public) Love | 7/13/2007 | See Source »

...consumer credit card profits could hit $1.6 billion. Indeed, at a Shenzhen Starbucks, I watched as a young woman paid for her caramel macchiato with a Beijing Olympics-branded Visa, one of what seemed to be several cards she had in her wallet. We were just down the block, but Luohu's bustling cash trade seemed a universe away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In China, There's Priceless, and for Everything Else, There's Cash | 7/13/2007 | See Source »

...conservatives have precisely the same goal. Indeed, supporters of the AKP, which has dominated the Turkish parliament for the past five years, have been invigorated by the secularists' opposition. After the Turkish army, a stalwart (if frequently undemocratic) defender of the country's secular heritage, intervened in April to block the party's choice for President, the AKP vowed to leave the decision to the people by calling for early elections. (If the party wins a majority in the parliament, it aims to change the constitution to allow a direct presidential vote.) Hundreds of thousands of volunteers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turkey's Great Divide | 7/12/2007 | See Source »

...most Japanese say they're simply fed up with both parties. Even if the DPJ does manage to seize the Upper House-Ozawa has promised to resign if his party falters-they'll be faced with the tougher question of what to do next. The DPJ could block the LDP's bills, but only temporarily-with its overwhelming majority in the Lower House, the ruling coalition can override opposition. If the DPJ is seen as too obstructionist, it could feed perceptions that the party isn't capable of governing. "The DPJ just criticizes," says Shoichi Nakagawa, the LDP's policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fade to black? | 7/12/2007 | See Source »

...some conservative leaders are not yet worried about the Democratic rebirth. "It's a positive thing that Democrats are willing to talk about faith and values," says Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council. "But they are aligned with organizations that sue to stop kids from praying and block the Ten Commandments." Only when the policies evolve, he argues, as opposed to the rhetoric, will the party have a chance to make real gains with Evangelicals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Democrats Got Religion | 7/12/2007 | See Source »

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