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...answer to this paradox lies at the heart of the Swiss tradition of the citizen-at-arms, the fully-committed participant of direct democracy. Compulsory conscription is part of the Swiss identity...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: Service with a Smile | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

...that sense, if not a direct personification, George Bush is a sort of avatar for the neighborhood—defined by a bottomless fortune but smitten by the idea of middle America, eternally elite but a self-identified rebellion against the establishment, a possessor of the best social pedigree but a proponent of an even larger cowboy veneer...

Author: By James K. Mcauley | Title: Requiem for a Neighborhood | 8/9/2009 | See Source »

...This study shows that psychological stress, which we know can affect stress-hormone levels, can have a fairly rapid influence on where extra calories go," he says. "I'm generally quite cautious about animal research, but here I think we're seeing something that has direct relevance to human health as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fat-Bellied Monkeys Suggest Why Stress Sucks | 8/8/2009 | See Source »

...Anatoly Nogovitsyn, the deputy chief of staff of Russia's armed forces, made it clear that the country is willing to fight again if it feels it has been provoked. "As a military man, I will be direct," he said at a news conference on Tuesday after the Russian army increased the combat readiness of troops in South Ossetia. "If there is aggression, there will be an adequate response...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Year On, Could Russia and Georgia Fight Another War? | 8/7/2009 | See Source »

Still, experts believe that Baitullah's successor will likely be one of three top TTP figures: Hakimullah, Azmatullah and Wali-ur-Rehman. Of the three, Hakimullah Mehsud has the largest number of men at arms under his direct command: up to 8,000 fighters. He is thought to be in charge of recruiting and training suicide bombers. Azmatullah's claim may rest on his being the most closely related to Baitullah: they both come from the same branch of the Mehsud tribe. As a maulana, or Islamic scholar, he may have the best religious credentials of the three. Wali...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Will Be Pakistan's Next Terrorism Chief? | 8/7/2009 | See Source »

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