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...boredom, nostalgia or an indomitable drive to compete ("I got the itch," Favre reportedly told former teammate Al Harris during his first return, in 2008). But not all comebacks are success stories. Just ask Bjorn Borg, who left tennis in 1983 and un-retired in 1991, wooden racket in hand. He didn't win a single match that year. And Jordan was hardly magic during his brief stint with the Washington Wizards from 2001 to 2003, as injuries limited his playing time. Indeed, Favre's first comeback, with the New York Jets, fell apart down the stretch - the Jets failed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Un-Retirement | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...websites that provide information about vaccination and other preventive measures. One challenge, she says, is getting her mostly 20- and 30-something workforce to take the potential epidemic seriously. "Young people tend to think it won't happen to them, so we're giving everyone a kit that includes hand sanitizer and tissues - something tangible to remind them of the issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Small Businesses Prepare for a Hit from the H1N1 Flu | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

Kenyans' belief in a connection with Obama is very real. His election victory was greeted with street celebrations and ecstatic parties. The Kenyan media cover his every interaction with local officials exhaustively. Much hand-wringing and speculation ensued, for example, when Odinga was uninvited to a lunch with Obama during the meeting of the U.N. General Assembly last week. It turns out that Odinga's invitation was a clerical error. (Read about the aftermath of Kenya's post-election violence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Talk of Kenya: What Does Obama Have Against Us? | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...government's treatment of Ranneberger reflected just how unwilling it was to acknowledge that Obama might think badly of the Kenyan leadership. Ranneberger, a longtime Africa hand, was accused of turning an otherwise sympathetic Obama against Kenya with misinformation. "We appreciate the way Hillary Clinton has treated us with respect and decorum," government spokesman Alfred Mutua said in a recent interview, referring to the Secretary of State's visit to Kenya this summer. "She achieved more in two days than what the U.S. mission in Nairobi has achieved in the last two years by intimidation and threats. Our perspective...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Talk of Kenya: What Does Obama Have Against Us? | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...ahead of the election, and he'll see his victory as a triumph also over those in Western capitals who had sought his ouster. Having secured another term of office, and with the West desperate to save its mission in Afghanistan from collapse, Karzai has the upper hand - and that will make it all the more difficult to cajole him into fighting corruption and delivering the good governance that is key to the campaign against the Taliban. (See pictures of the battle against the Taliban...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. Accepts Karzai, for Better or Worse | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

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