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...dead and wounded, of burning cities, of convoys of refugees, of poverty, and of omnipresent fear. Milosevic ruled Serbia for almost 13 years, destroyed tens of thousands of lives in the region, and damaged many more beyond repair. And now, even in death, he was somehow able to fan flames from the dying embers. His supporters, embittered and emboldened by conspiracy theories surrounding his death, rushed to the streets to express their anger; political vultures smelled blood and went straight into a media-fueled feeding frenzy. For a moment, it looked as if Serbia was about to revert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Spring in Belgrade | 3/20/2006 | See Source »

Though the Crimson’s fan base on the road rarely extends beyond player families, the logistics of traveling to Pepsi Arena are infinitely easier that those of North Dakota or Green...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: What’s next: No. 2-seeded Crimson to return to Albany, N.Y., face No. 3 seed Maine in Round One of the NCAA Tournament | 3/19/2006 | See Source »

...players? Football games are on TV, and it doesn?t effect stadium attendance at all. It?s the same with movies. People who really love movies and like to go out on a Saturday night will go to the movie theater. If you haven?t built a fan-base or you?re not selling something that people want, then the attendance is going to drop. But if you have a good product that you?re putting into the theater, then they?re going to always go there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Conversation with George Lucas | 3/14/2006 | See Source »

...Tuesday, workers from some 200 electric companies stretching across the Midwest were ready to fan out across the tiny town of Jerome, Ill., and the surrounding Springfield area to continue the heavy task of fixing an electrical system effectively laid to waste during the powerful storms and tornadoes that tore through parts of the Midwest through the weekend. At least 10 people were confirmed dead from the storms that hopscotched across Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and other Midwest states...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Midwest Tornadoes: Surveying the Tornado Damage | 3/14/2006 | See Source »

...wait, what's the image you have of Saudi Arabia? One guy said something about the hajj. I was surprised he knew about this. He also knew about dates - the fruit - and he knew that Saudi Arabia has a good soccer team, because he was a soccer fan. But people don't know that the technology and the economy have developed very much. The last 20 years in Saudi Arabia, many, many things have happened, and many Americans don't know that. They don't know about other countries -they focus on America and on themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saudi Students: In Their Own Words | 3/13/2006 | See Source »

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