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...Hard Right Turn Iran's Presidential election, which was won by the hard-line Islamic zealot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [July 4], proved that Iranians are very much like Americans. When they feel threatened, they become more entrenched and belligerent. The victory of an ultraconservative militant in Iran demonstrates the bankruptcy of George W. Bush's foreign policy. It caused Iranians to reject the relatively moderate candidate and elect a leader who is hostile to the U.S. and the rest of the West. Anne Barschall Tarrytown, New York...
...inspired millions of Americans to wear yellow Livestrong bracelets, so he has a base. ?Lance showed everybody that willpower matters,? says Giorgio Andretta, a Charlotte, N.C. bicycle importer who traveled to the Champs-Elys?es to catch Armstrong?s last win. And his home state of Texas will elect a governor next year. ?Never say never,? Armstrong told TIME about his political ambitions. ?I?m a fighter, and I do have certain beliefs. I don?t think I?m truly cut out for it, but if people want it in ten years, who knows?? Ten Tour de Frances, or Senator Armstrong...
...vote rigging and corruption swirling around President Arroyo, the talk in Manila is about People Power fatigue. There's a palpable?and desperate?sense that the more we change things, the more they remain the same. Once again, it seems, we are trapped in a destructive political cycle: we elect Presidents and expect them to be superhuman?solving every conceivable problem and delivering the nation from misery and failure; when they fail to live up to such lofty demands, we seek to depose them...
Disney CEO-elect Robert Iger, who has spearheaded the company's move into China, spoke with TIME's Jeffrey Ressner. Excerpts...
...think about it from her perspective. At not quite 19, Lohan’s been in show business for a decade and a half. It’s a career she almost certainly did not elect for herself, but she’s had to deal with the consequences of her parents’ choice to take her from the cradle to a Ford commercial by the age of three...