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...Americans thought there were "bad guys" in the region. But nobody supposes that Karzai can demand the application of American force against his rivals whenever he feels like it. "We keep telling [the government], 'Don't cry wolf,'" says a European official in Kabul. "They can't just click their fingers and call down U.S. firepower." Franks underlines the point. "We support the interim government in Afghanistan," he told TIME, "but we are not picking sides between groups on the ground...
...some 115,000 members. A third of them are 18 and under, and about 80% are female, according to creator Xing Li, 24, a computer programmer who lives in Los Angeles and calls the site "strictly a hobby." Registration is free but permitted only if you click the box marked "I'm at least 13" (there's no accounting for dishonest answers). Writers upload stories directly to the site, assigning a category and rating from G to NC-17. There's no screening process, no editorial board; most features are automated, and Li relies on members to report inappropriate behavior...
...they do. For many writers, that's the best part. Reader comments are logged one click away from the actual story. "It means a lot to get reviews," Kallilli wrote in an e-mail to TIME, "because then you know if you're doing a good job or something isn't working." Her 18-chapter saga, "Second Chance, Second Life"--about JC's romance with his kids' nanny (it's rated PG)--has elicited 151 reviews since it appeared last fall. Most are of the "I loved this story!" and "Great ending!" variety. Not exactly the same level of feedback...
...could be that most of Fred?s tunes were written for him, while most of Kelly?s were oldies; and the new songs that Betty Comden and Adolph Green wrote for "On the Town," "Singin? in the Rain" and "It?s Always Fair Weather" didn?t click. But the title number from "Singin? in the Rain" is nearly as memorable for Gene?s pipes - the giddy catch in his voice at "And I?m ready for love," the unaffected "doo-dle-oo-doo"s at the start and the unsheepish "I?m dancin? and singin? in the rain...