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Have our politicians become too gutless to represent retirees? "Round 'em up and hang 'em!" may not be the most practical solution to the retirement ripoff, but someone needs to let Congress know the hurt and anger of dedicated people who have worked a lifetime and then got the shaft. MICHAEL J. PRESTON Boulder, Colo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 21, 2005 | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...done, but he'll also work hard to stay alive." And to protect his comrades-in-arms. As Haggis' script puts it, the Americans "may have fought for their country, but they died for their friends, for the man in front, for the man beside 'em...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Clint's Double Take | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

...while the song is pretty good; it is certainly not the best on Kanye’s latest album. Personally, I don’t think it holds a candle to the likes of “Gone,” that “Heard ’Em Say” song with the dude from Maroon 5, or even “Hey Mama” for that matter (I have always been a sucker for ballads about mothers). There are a few fantastic lines, like when West creepily whispers, “While you?...

Author: By Teddy M. Bressman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pop Screen | 10/27/2005 | See Source »

...When Walters was nine years old, she founded Pump 'em Up, a campaign encouraging the drivers of the world's estimated 600 million cars to properly inflate their vehicle's tires and improve their car's efficiency by up to 3 per cent, or, for U.S. drivers, 9 cents per gallon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Young Conservationist | 10/24/2005 | See Source »

...Since that first campaign, in 2002, Walters has launched a website and personally handed out another 4,000 donated tire gauges, working at times with the Sierra Club and Alaska Wilderness League. Pump 'em Up events have been held in at least 11 states, and the website has a downloadable television public service announcement as well as worksheets for kids to prove to parents how much money correct inflation will save them, both on gas and the replacement cost of tires, which can wear out about 15,000 miles early if under-inflated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Young Conservationist | 10/24/2005 | See Source »

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