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...backyard - a second Yalta, as some Russian commentators have called it. Nor could any other G-8 leader. Secret deals to divide up the world "just aren't how Western governments or public opinion work nowadays," says Lyne. There's no simple way to solve the complex challenges a buoyant but flawed Russia poses. And it's worth remembering that today's Russia is a very different beast from the old Soviet Union, with its aggressive military posture and proselytizing ideology. That's why every G-8 leader, from the time Mikhail Gorbachev first inched down the path of perestroika...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's New World Order | 7/2/2006 | See Source »

...what explains the complex bit of artistry that is the human personality? We may not be born as tabulae rasae. Any parent can tell you that each child comes from the womb with an individual temperament that seems preloaded at the factory. But from the moment of birth, a lot of things set to work on that temperament--moderating it, challenging it, annealing it, wounding it. What we're left with after 10 or 20 or 50 years is quite different from what we started out with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Science of Siblings | 7/2/2006 | See Source »

...that the learning flows both up and down the age ladder. Younger siblings mimic the skills and strengths of older ones. Older sibs are prodded to attempt something new because they don't want to be shown up by a younger one who has already tried it. More complex--and in many ways more important--are those situations in which siblings don't mirror one another but differentiate themselves--a phenomenon psychologists call de-identification...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Science of Siblings | 7/2/2006 | See Source »

...also be allowed to operate until 1 a.m. on Sundays and 2 a.m. on all other nights.The delayed ruling is the result of a ten-line letter to the CLC from John DiGiovanni, president of both the Harvard Square Business Association and Trinity Property Management, which owns the shopping complex where Felipe’s is located. In the letter, which was dated October 28, 2005, DiGiovanni complained of outstanding “issues related to their request...including after hours access to areas of the building, security, [and] trash removal.”However, Felipe?...

Author: By Nicholas K. Tabor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Felipe’s Fights To Extend Hours | 6/30/2006 | See Source »

...this is a second marriage, for either bride or groom, their odds of divorce are somewhat higher. Remarried families have more complex issues to confront: exes to deal with, and stepchildren to raise. But this risk is often overstated; a middle-class second marriage has only 3% more risk than a first marriage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will This Marriage Last? | 6/30/2006 | See Source »

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