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Maybe in this dark time, we need an earnest liberal fairy tale to remind us of our better, more tolerant selves. But there is more to the intertwined stories of Murrow and McCarthy than this simpleminded, rhetorically driven movie begins to encompass...
Alarm was needed. Victims could die in 24 hours. Symptoms included bleeding from the nose, mouth, ears and eyes. Some people turned so dark blue from lack of oxygen that an Army physician noted that "it is hard to distinguish the coloured men from the white...
Espresso lovers already know the name Illy. But Andrea Illy, 41, CEO of the coffeemaker, based in Trieste, Italy, and a grandson of its founder, wants the rest of the world to associate his family's name with the dark, silky brew too. Illy, a trained chemist, has high hopes that the Galleria Illy--a temporary café and showcase for the $265 million company's products, from coffee to espresso machines, that opened last month in Manhattan's trendy SoHo--will help him do that. He spoke with TIME's Dody Tsiantar about his plans...
Those problems now belong to Zetsche, who sports a bushy walrus mustache and a big broom. He was once considered a dark-horse candidate for the top job, but his star rose over the past three years. Dispatched to Auburn Hills, Mich., to sort out Chrysler, he has led a remarkable turnaround at the company, which swung back into the black in 2004 after years of heavy losses. In September Chrysler reported its 18th consecutive month of sales increases. In the U.S., Zetsche quickly wielded that favorite American management tool: the hatchet. He axed 26,000 jobs and browbeat suppliers...
Your reporting on Katrina has shown the world the ugly and the dark side of the U.S., the side where the color of the skin or the size of a bank account takes top priority. We all watched the agony and suffering of Americans, and we felt for them. Perhaps this is an opportunity for the U.S. to review its priorities and become more compassionate and morally obligated toward its own people. Next time, instead of preaching to other countries about human-rights issues, the U.S. should try to look more closely at what is happening at home. Shame...