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...from what is about to become a battlefield so that the insurgents could not blend back into the fold. The scenes are heart wrenching: the Kurds burst into houses as families gather for breakfast, ordering them at gunpoint onto the street with only the possessions and provisions they can grab in a few seconds. Women wail, and children cling to their mothers' sides, as they head to temporary camps on the city's fringe. Although explosions can be heard in the distance, the town takes on an eerie silence. "The city has never been this quiet," says a U.S. special...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chasing the Ghosts | 9/18/2005 | See Source »

...Episode 224, he's vacationing with his family in San Francisco during one of the foggiest summers on record. "... Hold on. I'm reaching back to grab ... some money for the toll ... [rustling] ... It's foggy again today. You can barely see the Bay Bridge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The PodFather: Part One | 9/11/2005 | See Source »

...charisma that a lot of contemporary actors have is the threat of madness. A cockeyed glint, a sudden shout, a shift of body weight--these tricks keep you watching, like a doting pathologist, to catch the moment an actor goes edifyingly nuts. It's sexy, this promise to grab viewers and lead them down a treacherous path. It's also the surest route to an Oscar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Review: Of Madmen, Movie Stars And Math | 8/28/2005 | See Source »

...Cubs fan Steve Bartman was merely reviled for his role in the team's 2003 play-offs defeat, but the ball he tried to grab met all of these fates EXCEPT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fans Gone Batty | 8/21/2005 | See Source »

...Spanish group. One floor down, parliamentarians and their assistants bustle around carrying documents. Most striking about the atmosphere is that, despite the rhetoric of crisis, business is taking its course as usual. It also does not escape my attention that everyone except for me bears an identification badge. I grab a stack of documents from a handy rack and carry it around, walking briskly, as if with a purpose, and with a concentrated gaze. The act seems to work: not one of the numerous security guards stops me. I take it upon myself to explore the building from...

Author: By Alexander Bevilacqua, | Title: Searching for Europe’s Lost Aspirations | 8/12/2005 | See Source »

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