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...would continue because it is a sickness incubated within Arab/ Islamic culture, a toxic combination of repression, corruption, intolerance and fanaticism, fed by tyrannical regimes eager to deflect popular anger from themselves onto the American infidel. Until that political culture changes fundamentally, jihadism will thrive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rush Hour Terror: Viewpoints: ... Why That's Ridiculous | 7/21/2005 | See Source »

...over 1,000 people have registered to be notified as soon as they go on sale. Shu Yin Lee, who runs a property syndicate that made millions of dollars by buying five Lakeville penthouses while they were under construction, says he gets calls every day from agents with clients eager to buy. But even after doubling his money, he is holding on, arguing that superluxury flats will only get more expensive as Shanghai becomes a "city where seriously rich people feel comfortable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investing: Shanghai Fever | 7/18/2005 | See Source »

Anyone who has owned dogs or spent much time watching them is familiar with the posture: hind end up, chest down on the ground, forelegs stretched forward, an eager expression on the face. It's obviously a friendly, playful gesture, and for most dog lovers, that's all you need to know. Ethologists--animal-behavior experts--go a step further. They call this move the "play bow" and know it's used not just by dogs but also by wolves and coyotes to signal an interest in the romping, pretend-fighting sort of games that canines of all kinds seem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Honor Among Beasts | 7/14/2005 | See Source »

...kids handled neighborhood trials for young bicycle snatchers. The modern youth court started to take shape in the early 1970s, when a few cities experimented with a more formal kind of peer justice. In recent years, the movement has gained momentum, cheered on by police departments and local governments eager for justice that works and does so cost effectively. An entire youth-court trial typically takes less than an hour, including deliberations. Nationally, the program's average cost per case is about $480, according to an American Youth Policy Forum study. Probation, by contrast, costs about $1,635, while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Jury of Their Peers | 7/11/2005 | See Source »

...Pedro Reservoir, lower down on the Tuolumne River, which feeds the Hetch Hetchy System. But that could be tricky. Don Pedro belongs to the Turlock and Modesto Irrigation Districts, and those districts (whose rights to water from the Tuolumne River predate San Francisco's) are not eager to allow a large urban area to stick a big straw into the same precious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is This Worth a Dam? | 7/11/2005 | See Source »

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