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...well?br Yes there is that too. There are a number of differences of opinion in Iran. Iran is a very old country; it's not a recently manufactured state. Iran is a country that goes back not just centuries but millennia. In Iran you have patriotism that's distinct from nationalism, which is what you find in most of the rest of the Muslim world. This sense of Iranian identity is very strong and very deep-rooted, and in opposing this we have to be careful not to give the present rulers of Iran a gift of something that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Bernard Lewis on Islam's Crisis | 9/20/2008 | See Source »

...head the Air Force in a generation (he is a pilot, but primarily of special-operations aircraft). To meet the soaring demand for drone operators, he says fledgling pilots will be used. But the service soon will "develop an unmanned aircraft systems operator career field with specialized training potentially distinct from current manned pilot training," he said. That will come as a relief to many young pilots who have feared having their flying careers crimped by being ordered to fly drones from Nevada's Creech Air Force Base. Schwartz said he wanted the separate training pipeline so that drone operators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flying Air Force Drones: Pilots No Longer Required | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

...Harry Potter," he says. But the series does share some cosmetic similarities with Rowling's. Harry is, like Amy and Dan, an orphan who discovers that his family history makes him part of a secret, powerful world. The Cahill family is divided into four branches, each with its own distinct personality, just as Hogwarts is divided into four distinct houses. But in another sense Levithan is very right: if you look under the hood you'll find that Scholastic has engineered The 39 Clues to work very differently from the way Harry Potter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 39 Clues: The Next Harry Potter? | 9/9/2008 | See Source »

...Even at the best of times, politics in Thailand hardly hews to the script of a mature democracy. But the current stalemate is rapidly reaching that of political farce, with a distinct possibility of degenerating into tragedy. The PAD demands Samak's ouster but it isn't entirely sure who should lead the country should he resign. The feisty PM has refused to step down, even if he can no longer work at his own office. The impasse has brought parts of the country to a halt. PAD mobs forced three airports in key tourist areas to shutter, and strikes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle for Thailand | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...Youth Competition, a nursery for the NRL. "Me and Willie were always stronger than the other kids," says Penese, who'd scatter opponents with a cattle-prod-like fend. Both say they were targeted by referees and implored by parents to take it easy. Isa contends there are two distinct sides of him: the aggressive, ultra-competitive footballer and the otherwise gentle man. Young Willie would crunch his fine-boned foes, then approach them after the game to say sorry. But the smaller boys had trouble reconciling the two Willies and rarely replied. "It's a Polynesian thing," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power Play | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

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