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...both candidates have kept the age issue at bay. McCain can discuss pop culture as fluidly and astutely as any politician. (He also benefits from terrific genes: note his lively 96-year-old mother Roberta.) Obama, for his part, has projected gravitas and judgment--and has rallied a flood of young voters who could offset those still wary of the new whippersnapper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Page | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

...cold-storage container mounted on a truck that was crammed with 121 Burmese illegal immigrants who were hoping to find work as day laborers. At least 54 of the passengers had suffocated to death. Even though the incident highlights the dangers of illegal immigration, plenty more Burmese will likely flood over the border. And there's little chance that a constitutional referendum is going to stem that tide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burma Plans Its "Democracy" | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

...Several leading Mexican writers have even portrayed the vast immigration of Mexican workers to southwestern United States represents a Reconquista of the lost territories. And it was precisely this equation of the old map with the flood of immigrants into the southwestern United States that angered many who blasted Absolut over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Vodka Tonic for Mexico's Loss? | 4/8/2008 | See Source »

...winning over 50 percent of his faceoffs on the season as a whole, Saturday was an off day for the junior, who showed he still has some things to learn about his new position. Harvard sorely missed current Major League Lacrosse player John Henry Flood. As the No. 3 faceoff man in the country, the 2007 captain won over 67 percent of his faceoffs (173-258), giving his team increased possession time and quick scoring opportunities. “I think it’s a possession game,” Harvard coach John Tillman said. “When...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Margin Too Large for Crimson Comeback | 4/7/2008 | See Source »

...Zealand's eight political parties support the deal, but polls show that fewer than half of voters do. Critics fear a flood of cheap goods and farm produce, and point to China's poor record on the environment and human rights. United Future party leader Peter Dunne is boycotting the Beijing signing ceremony in protest at China's crackdown in Tibet, but says abandoning the pact would be "a classic case of cutting off your nose to spite your face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bearing Fruit | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

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