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...after day these protesters gain some visibility for their cause through pictures taken of them. But outside the white pillars, while feeding the birds and living in plastic tents, they are simply a part of the spectacle. That is not to say that this place has evaded mass social protest for the Iraq War and other causes or that these protesters aren’t doing something completely commendable day-in and day-out. People of all ages and experiences have come together in front of the White House to take a stand, but at this moment, the protesters were...

Author: By Rachel A. Stark | Title: A Walk Past the White House | 8/8/2008 | See Source »

...hundreds of pages of legal documents suggest that Ivins stood to gain from causing an anthrax scare. Before the anthrax letters, his life's work was in jeopardy because of questions about the effectiveness of anthrax vaccines in general. After the attacks, the Army's vaccine got back on track with Ivins' help. The lab also received a surge of resources and prestige as the deaths from the letters made anthrax a matter of national security. Ivins also gained financially as a co-inventor on two patents connected to his work, though it remains unclear how much money Ivins personally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Anthrax Files | 8/7/2008 | See Source »

Whatever their motives, the growing legion of foreign owners of English clubs has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the transfer markets as teams compete to gain an edge. It's a cutthroat game, precisely because revenues are closely related to a team's performance: only the top four teams of the 20 in the English Premier League qualify for the European Champion's League, and United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool have in recent years established a lock on those four slots. But they have to win consistently to get there, and failure to do so can be financially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soccer's Billion-Dollar Players | 8/3/2008 | See Source »

...supervisors. He also was well positioned to access anthrax, and his lab benefited enormously in money and resources from the fallout of the anthrax attacks. Along with other scientists, he was listed as a co-inventor on two patents for an anthrax vaccine, and he could have stood to gain financially from the rise in vaccinations that followed the anthrax attacks. Days before his death, he was accused by a counselor of making violent threats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Anthrax Mystery Deepens | 8/2/2008 | See Source »

...While the CIA confronting the ISI is seen as good news in New Delhi, particularly if it leads to greater U.S. pressure on Pakistan to rein in its intelligence arm, India may not gain much from the new development. Sood points out that the CIA's intervention concerns the U.S. and Pakistan, not India and Pakistan. Indo-Pak relations, tricky at best, have been strained by the Kabul attacks, recent bombings in two major Indian cities and skirmishes just this week along the border in Kashmir. Starting July 28, soldiers on both sides of the border exchanged gunfire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Vindicated by Pakistan Charge | 8/1/2008 | See Source »

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