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...score political points fast, calling for personal sacrifice is a pretty sure bet. Sacrifice is, after all, the stated theme of President Bush’s new plan for the Iraq war, one that calls for the deployment of more than 20,000 additional soldiers in a last-ditch effort to stabilize the region. Such rhetorical packaging comes at a time when President Kennedy’s mandate to “ask not what your country can do for you” carries a particularly persuasive ring, harkening us back to an era in which national struggles could become...

Author: By Justin S. Becker and Jarret A. Zafran | Title: Sacrifice, Not Martyrdom | 3/5/2007 | See Source »

...Cheney over for a beer. Every now and then during the campaign, Howard will wonder if the best thing he could have done for himself and the Liberal Party was to hand over the leadership to Treasurer Peter Costello last year. But the ditherers of Bennelong will not easily ditch their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Bennelong, He's More Middle Than Mean | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

...always wanted to use organic skin care," says McCartney, "but it had really bad textures, smelled awful, and the packaging was usually so unattractive, I would end up being seduced by all the conventional stuff, even though it's full of silicone. So I wanted to know, If we ditch the silicone, will it feel lumpy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Natural Beauty | 2/27/2007 | See Source »

...spend a disproportionate amount of time apart from their children. Disney similarly rejected coolness as a priority when it launched its mobile service last spring. "They don't even know who their customer is - the parent or the child," said Entner, noting that he expects few parents to ditch their current mobile device in favor of a Disney-branded handset, a requirement for using the service's child-tracking features...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cell Phones for the SpongeBob Set | 2/16/2007 | See Source »

...After he got traction as a stand-up, he retired his act, going onstage without any material, often being overtly hostile to his audience. When that got him a job on Fox's sketch show In Living Color and led quickly to a $20 million paycheck, he decided to ditch his devoted Adam Sandler-loving audience by making the disturbing, dark comedy The Cable Guy and dropped his price to make such dramas as The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. And now he's made The Number 23, a cheapie $30 million horror film about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has Jim Carrey Flipped Out? | 2/14/2007 | See Source »

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