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McEwan's comments keep alive a fracas that began two years ago when Amis, author of Money and Time's Arrow, started publishing a number of essays on Islamic terrorism, which were collected earlier this year in the book The Second Plane. In his writings, he described moderate Islam as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Novelist McEwan Joins Islam Debate | 6/28/2008 | See Source »

Either way, it appears all but certain now that the Manta base will be one of the most high-profile casualties of the Andean fracas. U.S. officials argue the Manta FOL has played a key role improving drug interdiction as the southern tip of a triangle that includes U.S. FOLs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ecuador Targets a U.S. Air Base | 5/14/2008 | See Source »

But the fracas failed to ignite the Crimson bats, and the 3-0 deficit proved insurmountable for Harvard, which was retired in order in both the eighth and ninth innings to close out the loss.

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Bats Quiet in Beanpot Loss | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

Though few believe Venezuela and Colombia will actually go to war, commerce has ground to a near standstill on their border, and Venezuela has shuttered its embassy in Bogota, as has Ecuador. But Correa may turn out to be a help to Insulza in this fracas. He is more measured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Refereeing the Colombia Standoff | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

Many of those currents are evident in South Carolina. Over the course of several days in the midst of the Clinton-Obama fracas, I met a number of well-connected black Democrats in the state who were unfamiliar with the details of the controversy. Xavier Starkes, 45, a trial attorney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking Down the Black Vote | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

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