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...Reagan will forever leave his mark in the history books as the man who not only stood up for the cause and defense of freedom around the world but also paved the way for the collapse of communist rule in Eastern Europe and the breakup of the U.S.S.R. Notwithstanding the controversies and intrigues, like the Iran-contra scandal, that plagued him by the end of his term, the Great Communicator will always be remembered as a true American patriot who defended his beliefs and, through the strength of his convictions plus sheer determination, reasserted the U.S.'s position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 7/5/2004 | See Source »

...elections on January 2. Even though the ongoing violence - and the tough measures Allawi has promised to deal with it - are not conducive to holding a successful election, any move to delay a vote may provoke on a crisis that could bring down interim government and even presage the breakup of the country. That's because while the Sunni insurgents who oppose an election that would empower the Shiite majority are capable of brutal disruption of Iraqi political life, they don't have the capacity to overthrow the government. But the government would be far more vulnerable to mass demonstrations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rolling the Dice in Iraq | 6/28/2004 | See Source »

...more radical element led by Moqtada Sadr. If elections are held on schedule, he'll feel his caution was vindicated. If there's a delay, Sistani will be caught between pressure to act and a fear that the path of confrontation could bring protracted chaos and result in the breakup of Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Players in Iraq's New Sovereignty | 6/28/2004 | See Source »

...secret of this breakup ballad from one of the better albums ever made by a teenager is revealed in tiny notation at the end of the lyric sheet: CHORUS X 2. It's the oldest trick in the pop songbook, but when Lavigne, 19, trembles through the chorus once--"You were everything, everything that I wanted/We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it"--only to emerge stronger at the end of the second go-round, millions of adolescent girls will close their eyes and know they are a few minutes closer to getting over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The 12 Songs Of Summer | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

...boyfriend, has left for a two-week trip. Suddenly she gets a phone call. He wants to go back to Australia for the rest of the summer - where his old girlfriend lives. Uh oh. The rest of the book follows Allison's melancholy struggles with an increasingly irrevocable breakup. She spends a lot time drinking with her other besotted friends and their twisty, early-twenties-style relationships. To make things more confusing a guy named Sam comes on the scene and takes an interest in Allison. But he's still involved with his ex! Unlike Jeffrey Brown, however, Allison Cole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Small Comix in the Big Leagues | 5/14/2004 | See Source »

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