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...admiration for Springsteen spread from the upper balcony where he sat with Michelle, radiant in a striking, orchid purple chiffon gown by Peter Soronen and a shock of jewels around her neck. The program, hosted by Caroline Kennedy, presented tributes with video montages, heartfelt remarks and performances by their close friends, who came together onstage to celebrate the honorees' life work...
...Developed World The excellent "Postcard: North Parsonfield" by Christopher Ketcham was almost worth my year's subscription to TIME on its own [Nov. 16]. This short item shone a bright light on how close some pockets of U.S. society are to parts of the Third World, with their lack of health care and their gun-toting distrust of democratic institutions. In an entirely nonjudgmental way I could not help thinking how at home, with perhaps a few cultural adjustments for the position of women, the Chutes and their neighbors might be among the Pashtun of Afghanistan. Dr. Stephen Hopkins, ECCLES...
...only rational and sound, they accurately described the problem with government employees' massive advantage in health insurance, and how the powerful unions will negate any attempt to tax their "gold-plated health care plans." The article even brought me to shame when he stated that we're nowhere close to a reasonable discussion about taxes, as I myself would have argued intensively against any form of taxation. Thanks Joe Klein for making me more critically aware of my own ideology's faults. Christian Rosello Fjell-Weiseth, TRONDHEIM, NORWAY
...much of a check on the party. "We are too strong. Such support and power can intoxicate the party and lead you into believing that you know it all. You take things for granted. [The party] ends up unwieldy and in a mess." So Zuma appointed a close adviser, Collins Chabane, to a new ministry inside the presidency to monitor performance. He set up a planning commission, also inside the presidency, to enforce a consistent long- term vision across government departments, with Trevor Manuel, South Africa's respected Finance Minister since 1996, at its head. Efforts are also being made...
...with some notorious thugs is that he feels the need to have some muscle behind him when the U.S. goes. The Pakistanis, for their part, want to ensure that the U.S. leaves on the basis of a deal with the Taliban that replaces the present government, which is too close to India for Islamabad's comfort. And the Taliban - like any indigenous insurgency confronting a foreign military - knows that time is on its side...