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So even after last week's resignation of FEMA director Michael Brown, it may be a long time before the agency stops being politicians' favorite punching bag. No wonder the challenge of spending all that money seems to hold no joy for those grinding away at FEMA's National Response...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Spend (Almost) $1 Billion A Day | 9/18/2005 | See Source »

Going to Bodh Gaya takes not just faith but also a pinch of bravery. The city, like many other key Buddhist sites, is located in the state of Bihar, the poorest and most backward part of India. Pilgrims must endure bad roads, scenes of grinding poverty--and lawlessness. Because Bihar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Global Life: The Buddhist Trail | 9/18/2005 | See Source »

The mullahs overrun the valley, women are ordered to wear the veil and Muslims are separated from Hindus. This Islamic brutality is reciprocated by the Indian army, which destroys villages suspected of harboring terrorists. The mullahs and the army take turns in grinding paradise into hell, and Rushdie chronicles their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Fable of Fury | 8/29/2005 | See Source »

WHAT IS GAP FILLER AND WHY IS IT A PROBLEM? The underside of the shuttle flexes during the stress and heating of reentry. To prevent the rigid tiles from grinding or chipping, heat resistant cloth is fitted between them. Ordinarily, the filler is flush with the ship, all but invisible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Questions About the Shuttle Repair Mission | 8/2/2005 | See Source »

Ahmedinajad won the loyalty of the basij, and the voters who responded to their campaigning, by promising to relieve the grinding poverty that remains the lot of the majority a quarter-century after the Islamic Revolution. Piety and a hawkish foreign policy might be enough to retain Rahimi's support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Eminem Fan Who Polices Tehran's Morals | 7/29/2005 | See Source »

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