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...lives and careers to be marked by unbroken ascent. But deep down, we know they won't be; decline - terminal, indeed - comes to us all. Watching a Henin crosscourt backhand hitting the line, or a towering iron shot from Sorenstam plonking softly, with a little backspin, onto a green, the world seemed to stand still. It didn't, of course. All things come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calling Time: Henin and Sorenstam Retire | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

...generals saw no problem with spending tens of millions of dollars constructing a massive new capital. But even there, the disregard for citizens is matched only by the junta's pursuit of personal gratification; to wit: the generals have signed off on three golf courses, immaculately mowed stretches of green where top commanders can indulge in their favorite pastime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving Burma | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

PARTYBOYS It was never easy for Scott Schultz, 36, to get his 4-year-old to eat vegetables. That is, until he started singing "There's a party in your tummy, and the green beans want to go," as he made the vegetables on the plate dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yo Gabba Gabba! | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

...This is a very beautiful lesson for the government and Nicolas Sarkozy," said Green Party legislator Noël Mamère, one of many Sarkozy opponents who have criticized the conservatives for seeking to ram through controversial legislation without consultation or debate. "I hope that, as I speak, the President is eating the Elysée carpet, because this is a victory of the French people over a government that wanted pass a law by force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarkozy Suffers Legislative Blow | 5/14/2008 | See Source »

...will come down to the green zone and fight, and you will win," the farmer concedes. "But you will win only for one hour. Then you will go back to your base. The Taliban will return. You have to fight the Taliban for more than one hour, you have to push them back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Treading Water in Opium Country | 5/14/2008 | See Source »

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