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Wallace's slogan was "There's not a dime's worth of difference between the Democrat and Republican parties," which is pretty much what Ross Perot said in 1992. And on the issues Perot took up?the budget deficit and NAFTA?he had a point. With Americans angry about the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bloomberg Delusion | 1/31/2008 | See Source »

Harvard’s Asian American Association (AAA) has had a long and unsuccessful track record with advocating for the creation of an Asian American Studies concentration. The quest has, according to a Crimson news article in December, spanned twenty years and many hundreds of petition signatures. But before we...

Author: By N. KATHY Lin | Title: No to Asian American Studies | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

However, in the final analysis, her career was an almost tawdry cycle of exile, house arrest, ascent into power and dismissal, much sound and fury and signifying little. Jailed and then exiled after her father's fall, Bhutto returned to campaign for office in 1986 after Zia's military government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007) | 12/27/2007 | See Source »

Bhutto returned to power in 1993, after Sharif was felled by his own corruption scandal. "This is my victory. It is a clear and decisive victory," she declared after a bitter name-calling campaign between herself and Sharif. But despite her claims, she did not have a working majority in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007) | 12/27/2007 | See Source »

One group of commuters has even launched a class action suit against the government, blaming it for worsening their lives. The suit is unlikely to succeed, but it's a signal of popular discontent. In fact, Transantiago has pounded the approval ratings of President Michelle Bachelet. According to pollsters Adimark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mass Transit System from Hell | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

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