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In addition, the next president must be ready to confront the new threats to national security that have arisen over the past decade. Interest in Africa, for instance, may have waned since Clinton's visit there last year, but the continent remains one of the most politically and economically vexing...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Leaving the World Behind | 10/11/2000 | See Source »

The Olympics that Americans ignored in large numbers--as if it were a presidential election or something--was nothing less than sensational. Moving from strength to strength, the Sydney Games followed the hosts' heroics in the pool with thrilling competitions in everything from the beach brand of volleyball to the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Field Of Dreams | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

ELTIS: Once more the insider-outsider divide is critical. At root, this is an expression of the contradiction in all human beings of the need to belong and at the same time to differentiate themselves. My argument is that societies do not usually enslave their own members, except for what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERVIEW: David Eltis | 10/5/2000 | See Source »

Although the whole of Africa collectively took home 34 medals, the same as seventh-place Italy, that also doesn't tell the whole story of that continent's Olympic prowess. The African diaspora - the descendants of slaves shipped to the New World and émigré former colonial subjects - accounted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ¡Ay, Caramba! Or, How Cuba Almost Won the Olympics | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

It seemed like the rest of Europe was training harder while the Americans and Australians shared a beaming, brilliant spotlight after their news-making performances a year ago in the same pool at the Pan Pacific championships. As with each new wave of individuals, so too with a shift in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pool of Talent | 9/26/2000 | See Source »

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