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Despite his carefully honed image of being always at the top of his game, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is taking a lot of solid shots on the chin these days. Disappointing policy results, hotly challenged reform proposals, and peaking public disgust with his overexposed private life have fueled a dizzying plunge in Sarkozy's approval ratings. That darkening image could have consequences. Just five weeks before the first round of nationwide municipal elections, rightist candidates fear a possible leftist rout in cities across France as voters signal their displeasure with Sarkozy's national leadership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarkozy's Honeymoon Is Over | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

Comrade Sandhya's voice trembles as she speaks of her father. "He was a major in the Royal Nepalese Army," she begins, cupping her chin with one hand while rearranging a neat schoolgirl plait with the other. "When he found out I had gone underground, he said I was no longer his daughter - only his enemy. The next time he wanted to meet me was on the battlefield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rebels with a Cause | 1/31/2008 | See Source »

...talented messenger beat the man with the money. The saver of souls beat the savior of the Winter Olympics. The son of a mechanic with crooked teeth beat the corporate titan with a superhero chin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Huckabee Stay on Top? | 1/4/2008 | See Source »

...chalk board, on which two chalk birds and several chalk bees are drawn. Judging by this punny picture, this book should be entertaining, light, and full of those awkward “birds-and-the-bees” moments. The Cleft, by Doris Lessing Cleft sentence, cleft palate, cleft chin, or the Cleft of Venus? The big, black, water-colored bird doesn’t help with the ambiguity. However, what it does suggest is a topical treatment of an ominous, dark, and tenuous subject. Wings outstretched and beak ever so sharp, the dark bird is fierce and threatening...

Author: By Juli Min, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BY ITS COVER | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

...Allan served only to color in a somewhat bland personality; to many, he was now a flesh and blood Aussie male. Nor did the release during the campaign of YouTube footage showing Rudd tasting his own earwax during a parliamentary debate in 2001 (he claims he was scratching his chin!) do him any discernible harm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kevin Rudd: Australia's New Prime Minister | 11/22/2007 | See Source »

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