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That forehand is the central component of a style that tennis experts call "counter-punching." It's one that absorbs an opponent's attacking play with aggressive returns, and springs from Nadal and his uncle's contrarian instincts. Nadal is naturally right-handed. But early on, Toni decided his prot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis: Nadal's New Spin | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

Like 24 (Jack Bauer and his ticking-time-bomb scenarios return Jan. 11), BSG tests the morality and rationalizations of an age of fear. Roslin is idealistic but possibly blinded by belief; Adama is high-handed but often right to be that way. Even swashbuckling pilot Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battlestar Galactica: Life After Earth | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

He played a high-stakes game, at one point threatening the banks that he would file for bankruptcy, which would have left creditors empty-handed. Merckle seemed to have a chance of refinancing his business when at the end of December banks granted him a reprieve on loans that were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Financial Casualty: Why Adolf Merckle Killed Himself | 1/6/2009 | See Source »

On Jan. 1, the U.S. formally handed control of the Green Zone, the fortified U.S. and Iraqi-government stronghold, back to the Iraqis. The Americans also vacated the compound's ornate Republican Palace - Saddam Hussein's jewel, which the U.S. used as its administrative and then diplomatic headquarters throughout the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baghdad Bag Claim: A (Happy) Tale of Lost Luggage | 1/5/2009 | See Source »

The $700 million complex within the Green Zone is a significant step away from the U.S. government's former headquarters in Saddam Hussein's ornate, marble-filled republican palace, which was handed back to the Iraqis when the clock struck midnight on New Year's Eve. The new place is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opening Day for Enormous New US Embassy in Iraq | 1/5/2009 | See Source »

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