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...Nonetheless, the issue is popular with voters. And whether bonuses are the cause of the world's economic woes or not, the crusade against them is giving E.U. leaders a rare common cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The E.U. Talks Tough on Bonuses, but Will It Act? | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

...your personal life. But once you go home, you may speak with these people on the phone, you may meet them for coffee or brunch, but they're not part of your central core of intimates. Some may become so, of course. But all support groups have that in common...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Importance of Consequential Strangers | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

Harvard recently announced that it will be the first team in the nation to test a new, state-of-the-art helmet made to decrease the incidence of concussions—a common injury in hockey, and one that can cut short a career...

Author: By Kate Leist | Title: Avoid The Ouchies! | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

...back to what this netizen said: 'To fight enemies, you don't get any advantage by appearing weak!' So now I'm accused of being weak at home because I didn't go tit for tat with you on trade, and you're accused of being the 'enemy'- a common refrain, by the way, in the increasingly xenophobic quarters of our central government's propaganda department. That's O.K. - for now. We easily could have immediately stopped imports of U.S. chickens or auto parts or anything else by concocting some health risk or claiming a failure to meet Chinese safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What China's Hu Would Really Like to Tell Obama | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

Getting Pakistan to see both groups of militants - those who fight chiefly in Pakistan and those who fight chiefly in Afghanistan - as a common threat will test Obama's gifts of persuasion. The gap over perceptions and priorities could be narrowed with enhanced support for Pakistan's counterinsurgency capability. Organized to fight a different kind of war on a different border, the Pakistan Army is poorly equipped and trained for offensives against hardened guerillas, especially on terrain that favors the enemy's methods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Washington Will Measure Pakistan's Success | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

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