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What single factor may explain why Whirlpool Corp. no longer donates to Planned Parenthood, why the Walt Disney Co. has a Roman Catholic priest on its board of directors and why Best Buy is cracking down on minors who try to buy shoot-'em-up video and computer games? Answer: a bunch of Catholic investors and their allies want it that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting Faith First | 8/7/2005 | See Source »

...Connection? In his viewpoint "Why Iraq Has Made Us Less Safe ..." Daniel Benjamin pinned the cause of the London bombings on the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq [July 18]. His thesis, however, doesn't explain the motives behind the 9/11 attacks or the 2002 Bali bombings. The U.S. hadn't set foot in Iraq when those acts took place. The alarmists, especially Benjamin, need to recognize that success in Iraq?at a high yet reasonable cost?will make the world safer in the long run. Democracies don't export terrorism. Matt Motherway Manhattan Beach, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 8/6/2005 | See Source »

...Iranians feel the effect of oil money on their dinner tables.? Now he has to deliver on those promises, which are similar to those made 26 years ago by old-guard revolutionaries such as former President Akbar Rafsanjani, whose failure to deliver may in large part explain why Rafsanjani lost the election to Ahmadinejad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What to Expect From Iran's New Leader | 8/3/2005 | See Source »

...fold and follow the path of peace. Edward Haeems Maninagar, India No War Connection? In his viewpoint "Why Iraq Has Made Us Less Safe ..." Daniel Benjamin pinned the cause of the London bombings on the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq [July 18]. His thesis, however, doesn't explain the motives behind the 9/11 attacks or the 2002 Bali bombing. The U.S. had not set foot in Iraq when those acts took place. The alarmists, especially Benjamin, need to recognize that success in Iraq - at a high yet reasonable cost - will make the world safer in the long run. Democracies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rush Hour Terror | 8/2/2005 | See Source »

...Fake Watch Worldwide, the Burberry plaid is a favorite of hipsters and ladies who lunch; in China, where pirated versions are ubiquitous, it's worn by just about everyone. Which might explain why Chinese copycats are trying to expand their market overseas. Last week Hong Kong customs made its largest ever piracy bust, netting more than 150,000 high-grade Burberry fakes, worth about $8 million, bound for Japan. Eleven people were arrested, including the two suspected ringleaders, who allegedly ran the syndicate out of a legitimate children's clothing store. For now, it seems, Japanese will have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 8/1/2005 | See Source »

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