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The new moon of the lunar month of Kartika marks Diwali, the Indian festival of lights, when Hindus across the country worship the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi. But divinities know full well the laws that govern finance, and Lakshmi may now be a little tight-fisted about circulating her riches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mirroring the US, India's Real Estate Sector Melts Down | 10/20/2008 | See Source »

Before his flight from Rome in 1943, Mussolini reigned over an iron-fisted dictatorship. He instituted one-party rule, eliminated basic freedoms, and ordered the killing of political opponents. In 1938, Italy instituted racial laws which helped pave the way for the subsequent deportation of thousands of Italian Jews to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was Mussolini Misunderstood? | 9/10/2008 | See Source »

In decrying the excessive alcohol consumption of their compatriots, American and British health experts have long pointed to France with special admiration. Here, they said, was a society that masters moderate drinking. In wine-sipping France, the argument went, libation is just a small part of the broad festival of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: French Combat Youth Binge-Drinking | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

Even the terminology used to describe the manual move is under dispute. On reporting Obama's speech, The New York Times described it stuffily as a "closed-fisted high-five" while Human Events reader racily suggested it was closer to "Hezbollah-style fist-jabbing," (the comment was later removed from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of the Fist Bump | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

What's more, for a candidate who sells himself as the foreign policy sage in the field, McCain at times sounded more like the diplomatic neophyte he accuses Obama of being. McCain, for instance, insisted that he could and would get the hemisphere and the world on board with our...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Misreading the Cuba Vote | 5/22/2008 | See Source »

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