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What the stories of Franklin and Dickens have in common is the issue of wanting. Under what circumstances do men and women give in to forbidden desires - Dickens, a man starving for love, and Franklin, a man just plain starving? "We all have appetites and desires," Dickens says, "but only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Novel Explores Dickens' Messy Life | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

Take the case of a project already under construction in Yan'an, the end point of the Long March, a place steeped in symbolism for Chinese people. A few steps from a memorial to Zhang Side - a soldier who, after being killed while hauling charcoal in 1944, was picked by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's New Deal: Modernizing the Middle Kingdom | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

That said, TV, like dreams, can speak more obliquely. Last year's big dramas were The Mentalist, Lie to Me and House--jaded hits for the era of Katrina and the subprime disaster, based on the premise that people lie all the time. Maybe 2009's America--the country that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Networks Look Ahead: Change, the Channel | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

Despite its reputation for chaos, Naples is well organized when it comes to using research and technology to measure risk and plan emergency response. Professor Giulio Zuccaro leads the Plinius Institute at the University of Naples Federico II, which has developed complex models for calculating the effects of a natural...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flirting with Disaster | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

Participants said talks were tense and frustrating. While Germany was represented by Merkel and two key ministers, Washington sent a midlevel Treasury official who was unable to make any definitive decisions. Several times during the meeting, the U.S. negotiator broke off talks to consult with his superiors by telephone back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rescuing GM in Europe: A Political Hot Potato | 5/28/2009 | See Source »

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