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The simple answer to the Administration's dilemma, in the minds of many in Washington, is to train and equip Afghans to do the job themselves. Obama reportedly rejected all four options offered by his national-security staff on Nov. 11 - ranging from a relatively light increase of some 10...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Afghan Dilemma: Missing Security Forces | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

It's hard to tell if the skeptics are right. China is like the proverbial elephant being described by blind men: anyone can say anything depending on which part they happen to be touching. Jim O'Neill, head of global economic research at Goldman Sachs, is dismissive of the doubters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Economic Recovery: Miracle or Mirage? | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

A Christmas Carol cost a bundle, $200 million, and no doubt Disney would have liked a bigger start for their way-before-Christmas movie. But it registered the best first weekend of any Jim Carrey movie of the past five years in which he has been seen. (In the CGI...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Christmas Carol Wins — and Loses — the Weekend | 11/8/2009 | See Source »

Clinton's first trip to Pakistan as First Lady in 1995 had been a transformative experience for her - the beginning, I believe, of the process that made her a plausible candidate for Secretary of State. I traveled with her on that trip; when we set off, she seemed depressed and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The State of Hillary: A Mixed Record on the Job | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

A little further up the square, at Oona’s Costume Shop, the atmosphere is decidedly more sedate. Molly Dixon sells a grey elephant hat to a couple, saying a turtleneck is all you need to “complete the look.”

Author: By KATHERINE M. AGARD, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Halloween Shopping, Uncovered | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

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