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...link groups over the terms of a truce, which would potentially involve prisoner releases, an amnesty for insurgent fighters and even possibly a timetable for U.S. withdrawal. The infighting on both sides will be intense, and complicated by fact that the insurgency is not answerable to a single political command structure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Democracy and Civil War Meet in Iraq | 5/5/2005 | See Source »

...long since given up any dreams of moving on to the varsity. In the absence of tryouts or the chance of stringing together enough at bats to showcase ability, the main motivator is simply the chance to play baseball, and have fun doing it. For while bat speed and command of the strike zone may have eroded, the ability to keep things light in the dugout can still be found in plentiful supply in every JV player...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Untold Story of JV Baseball | 5/4/2005 | See Source »

...back efforts to include disaffected Sunnis in the political process and bleed the insurgency of military talent. They worry that the unemployed officers will be thrown into the arms of an insurgency they were hired to fight and that a precedent would be set for purging the army's command ranks whenever power changes in Baghdad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq's Baath Problem | 4/27/2005 | See Source »

Luckily, at least one of Zedeño's colleagues responded differently. "The answer I got was another co-worker screaming, 'Get out of the building!'" she remembers now. Almost four years later, she still thinks about that command. "My question is, What would I have done if the person had said nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Get Out Alive | 4/25/2005 | See Source »

...bridging that gap. By day, the 38-cm robot keeps an eye on the house with a digital camera that transmits images to its owner's mobile phone. It's kind of a webcam on legs?but, oh, what legs! Nuvo dances and plays music at a mere voice command. Price: $5,500-$8,335 each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rise of The Machines | 4/25/2005 | See Source »

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