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...distinctive theory of nation building adopted by the George H.W. Bush and Clinton Administrations in Somalia (disastrously) and in Bosnia and Kosovo (rather more successfully): use American military power, preferably from the air, to effect "regime change" in the nation you want to rebuild. Then pass the buck to someone else, and hope for the best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble with Saving the World | 12/30/2002 | See Source »

...mere $150; buy it with the rebate on Amazon.com and you could actually end up $50 in the black. That, of course, will quickly be eaten up by your monthly bills. (It costs $10 to send 10 megabytes of data--that's a little more than a buck a picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One-Minute Photo | 12/23/2002 | See Source »

...mere $150; buy it with the rebate on Amazon.com, and you could actually end up $50 in the black. That, of course, will quickly be eaten up by your monthly bills. (It costs $10 to send 10 megabytes of data - that's a little more than a buck a picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Kodak Moment on Your Phone | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

...hand rolled, wrapped in a leaf and looks like a joint. But like candy, it comes in such flavors as grape, chocolate and root beer. To top things off, it's sold in hip venues like head shops and health-food stores at a cost of about a buck a pack less than the price of conventional smokes. What is it? The Indian bidi, and it's smokin', especially among teens. About 70% of the tobacco smoked in India is in the form of bidis, but the product didn't take off in the U.S. until recently. According...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweet as Candy, Deadly as Cigarettes | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

...their Good Books and skateboards to the New Breed class. A boy with tattoos asked for the courage to stay in school. A girl requested help with her alcoholic father. "This is what Jesus did. He reached people at all levels, not just those who were dressed well," says Buck Waters, the pastor, who also runs a surfing ministry. "We are calling our entire membership to a new level of faith commitment." How better to test that commitment than to leave the classroom door wide open? Waters' class is held at the back of the church grounds--so that anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Funday School | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

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