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...While nobody expects the Maoists to march into Kathmandu and seize power, the prognosis is grim. Preoccupied with factional fights within the Nepali Congress Party and in command of a poorly equipped army of just 45,000, Prime Minister Deuba has little chance of regaining much land in Maoist hands. All through rebel territory, police checkpoints, if they exist at all, go unmanned. Deuba came to power just under a year ago as a peacemaker, promising talks with the Maoists. But when the guerrillas broke off their truce in November, he declared a state of emergency and ordered the army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nepal: Return to Year Zero | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

Some transfer students were not listed under the telnet “ph” command for directory information until two weeks...

Author: By Maria S. Pedroza, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: At Last, Harvard Is Home | 5/1/2002 | See Source »

Fuchs said he did not figure out that the telnet command existed until he was already listed...

Author: By Maria S. Pedroza, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: At Last, Harvard Is Home | 5/1/2002 | See Source »

...daily press briefing at Bagram air base, the allied command post north of Kabul, always begins with a reminder of why so many soldiers have gathered on this dusty plain. Coalition spokesman Major Bryan Hilferty numbers the days since Sept. 11, 2001, reminds reporters of the death toll and describes a victim. Last Friday, it was Michael Hannan, 34, of Lynbrook, N.Y., who, Hilferty said, "knew how to put people at ease and how to make them laugh. His daughters Rachel, 5, Alexandra, 22 months, and wife Andrea are left only with memories." Fifteen minutes later, Hilferty wrapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Themselves Feel Right at Home | 4/29/2002 | See Source »

...economist Francesca Utili says the country's support of tight job protections are in part a result of uncommonly meager unemployment benefits: "Once you enter the market there is pressure to keep your position because there's nothing on the other side." Still, while the labor movement continues to command high public support, changes in the workplace are already well under way. Barbara Cavuto, who works in one of Italy's relatively few temporary employment agencies, says business has tripled since her company opened in 1998, a year after such operations were legalized. Older people who come in looking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marching In Place | 4/28/2002 | See Source »

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