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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...except at the most abstract level, these qualities don't say much about what it takes to be a good President. The truth is that when adversity takes the form of a child's death or a spouse's cancer or a spouse's cheating or even, to some extent, of being tortured in an enemy prison, it is the adversity that moves us more than the rising above it. Making it central to your campaign is more a matter of seeking empathy than offering it. You're asking for a pity vote. Or maybe it's more ghoulish than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Everybody Knows the Trouble I've Seen | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

...enjoy the sex or did it become tedious? I did to an extent. The acting I always loved because it's taking on a role, but the sex was 50-50. There is always a little nervousness that you are going to be naked in front of a room full of guys and a couple of makeup artists. You did some dialogue and then they would say, "OK, Ronnie, let's go." It was a bit uncomfortable in the beginning, but once your body and your mind told you you've done it before, you can do it again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ron Jeremy: My Life as a Porn Star | 8/26/2008 | See Source »

Another strategy, which is still experimental, unfortunately works best in male athletes. MRI of the wrist bones and the extent to which they have fused has been used to screen out boys too young to play football. The older the player, the more fused the bones should be. These structures, however, don't fuse the same way in girls, making this test gender-specific...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Science Tell a Gymnast's Age? | 8/23/2008 | See Source »

...extent of involvement in Georgia by Israeli defense contractors may be overstated, and most of the equipment used by the Georgian military comes from the U.S. and other suppliers. Still, Israeli companies had been sufficiently involved in supplying specialized equipment and advanced tactical training to the Georgian military that the connection - and Russia's perception of it - created a ripple of anxiety in Israeli government circles. Israeli officials say that, in anticipation of a showdown between Georgia and Russia, Israel began to scale back the involvement of Israeli companies in Georgia as early as the end of 2007. Georgia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Israel Lost in the Georgia War | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...systems. "We have turned down many requests involving arms sales to Georgia, and the ones that have been approved have been duly scrutinized," a Defense Ministry official told the Israeli daily Yediot Ahoronot amid concerns raised over a possible fallout from the Israeli ties to the Georgian military. The extent of damage to the Israeli-Russia relationship - if indeed there is any - remains to be seen. Despite General Nogovitsyn's comments, Israeli officials say they have received no formal complaints from Russia over ties with Georgia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Israel Lost in the Georgia War | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

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