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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...worthy of their great calling. Nevertheless, by focusing on speculations and possibilities about those two worthies, people lose sight of the fact that there is only one King of Kings, and that is Jesus Christ. I believe Joseph and Mary would be the first to cry, "Enough! Worship Jesus." FRAN WHEELER Knoxville, Tenn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 16, 2006 | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

...this movie, your character associates liking the band Coldplay with being gay. Any backlash? A lot of people had a very strong reaction to the Coldplay thing. I met Fran Drescher a few weeks ago, and I was a little nervous to see her 'cause in another scene I kind of insulted her voice. But she thought it was hilarious, as did her parents. Meanwhile, I am a little bit nervous about running into Gwyneth Paltrow--or Apple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 12, 2005 | 12/4/2005 | See Source »

...longer looked like the colossal force he once was, but like a fading leader who doesn't have the strength left to push through his agenda. The final years of second presidential terms are often troubled. Charles de Gaulle was sidelined by the student revolt of May 1968; François Mitterrand, ill with cancer, lost most of his power during his last two years at the Elysée when Chirac's own party won parliamentary elections. This doesn't mean that Chirac is completely marginalized, of course; he still has great autonomy in foreign and military affairs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Wasn't There | 11/20/2005 | See Source »

...aspects of the business. It mines and enriches uranium ore to make nuclear fuel; it designs and constructs reactors and helps operate them; and it recycles the spent fuel and packages the remaining waste. An engineer by training, Lauvergeon worked as an aide to the late French President François Mitterrand before joining the Lazard investment bank. In the late 1990s, the government asked her to take over Cogema, a state-owned nuclear reprocessing company. Convinced that nuclear had a big future, she orchestrated a merger with the other state-owned nuclear company, Framatome, which built plants and mined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Re-Energized | 11/6/2005 | See Source »

...college, Grandpa left my grandma. He also left my mom feeling guilty, that maybe she could’ve made things right but didn’t. He remarried twice—both times to Catholic women. I hardly remember the first, Carol. She died when I was little. Fran was the second. She and most of her Polish Catholic family came to Grandpa’s funeral. Here’s one thing I know about me: along with the gefilte fish, I inherited a longing for self-control. In difficult situations, I can usually rein in my emotions...

Author: By Stephen M. Fee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gefilte Fish and Guilt | 10/26/2005 | See Source »

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