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In almost 30 years of public life, Alain Juppé earned a reputation as one of France's most imperious and cerebral politicians - and as Jacques Chirac's loyal confidant and anointed successor as President of the Republic. After he tried to force through a raft of unpopular reforms as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shock To The System | 2/8/2004 | See Source »

This decision targets the entire Chirac system, striking at the man at the top of that system—Chirac —via his closest ally and confidant.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shock To The System | 2/8/2004 | See Source »

The cramped, cluttered home of Gloria Tapia and Victor Hernandez sits half a block off the I-5 freeway in Los Angeles. The couple, illegal immigrants from Mexico who became U.S. citizens through an amnesty program, raised six American-born children in the city. Today their two-bedroom bungalow is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When The Family Glue Is Gone | 12/29/2003 | See Source »

Roh has not been linked to alleged misdeeds by his political associates. (A Blue House spokesman declined requests for an interview with TIME.) But ongoing, wide-ranging investigations by the Supreme Public Prosecutors' Office are coming disturbingly close to the President. According to a copy of an indictment obtained by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Losing Face | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

A charmed, glamorous destiny seemed to await Mei-ling from the moment she was born into a remarkable family. (Her sister Soong Ching-ling would marry Sun Yat-sen, modern China's founder.) Their father, C.J. (Charlie) Soong, who had been virtually adopted by a group of Methodist evangelists in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MADAME CHIANG KAI-SHEK, 1898-2003: A Flower Made of Steel | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

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