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...satisfied with the rights victims now enjoy in France? Oh no. A lot has changed for the better, but there was and continues to be great resistance. In general, governments would like victims to disappear as quickly as possible so they can get on with other business. Victims are viewed as symbols of a nation's loss following attacks, but are soon dismissed as complicated and expensive to deal with. In the U.S., victims defend themselves in the courts using enormous punitive damages as a weapon. In France, courts provide victims only legal justice; the monetary assistance we get from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Justice for All | 11/3/2002 | See Source »

...days cable and satellite costs are practically indistinguishable. The average monthly cable bill is $47.08--and rising about $3 a year--according to J.D. Power. Satellite sets you back an average of $50.71 per month, but that number is holding steady. If the trend continues, the price difference will disappear by next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Dish or Not to Dish | 10/28/2002 | See Source »

...uncertainty in the satellite business faze you. DISH and DirecTV are both well-funded services. They aren't about to disappear. Where I live, in San Francisco, they offer better value and a better signal than cable. To get the lowdown in your town, just ask your neighbors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Dish or Not to Dish | 10/28/2002 | See Source »

...here in England, as I continue each day to turn on my computer to read American newspapers on the web, I hope that this misguided invective starts to disappear. Those nasty columns do nothing to reinforce our security. And they’re insulting to all those Europeans who share our values and want to work with us to fight the terrorists who killed so many Americans last year. Next time my American accent encourages another sympathetic comment from a Brit in the Oxford McDonald’s, I want to be able to tell her that all Americans value...

Author: By Jason H. Wasfy, | Title: An American in Europe | 10/28/2002 | See Source »

...Caine must have been inspired by the people and the land. He embodies Fowler's subtleties and contradictions so expertly that he seems to disappear into Fowler: it is the vanishing act of an artist-magician. "When we were done, I couldn't see any Michael Caine there at all," he recalls. "At the end I was an empty shell. I had nothing left. I came home and I just sat there for a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sigh for Old Saigon | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

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