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...Kerry and Joe Lieberman as the only plausible foreign policy candidates in the Democratic field. Both Kerry and Lieberman are solid men; both have emphasized their foreign policy expertise--and both have serious problems with the Democratic electorate. Lieberman's problem is the more serious: he is an inveterate hawk with a reliably neoconservative--if not quite unilateral--view of America's role in the world. Most Democrats disagree with that. Kerry's problem is political. He voted for the war resolution, but it seemed a tactical vote, taken so that Republicans couldn't accuse him of mortal dovishness (Kerry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Question All the Candidates Must Face | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

...reported on the centennial of the Wright brothers' first flights at Kitty Hawk, N.C. [Dec. 8]. The Wright brothers revolutionized not only flight but human ambition as well. For ages, people had pondered the skies and attempted to fly. The Wright brothers questioned what was known about the physics of flight and rethought the requirements for a flying machine. In doing so, they achieved success where many others had failed. It was an amazing undertaking. Sixty-six years after their innovative 12-sec. flight, man walked on the moon. Imagine what advances in current technology may yield for the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 29, 2003 | 12/29/2003 | See Source »

...recoup his investment, he said he bought the card "to show my support for Thailand." How much more support is out there for the scheme, dreamed up personally by Thaksin, remains to be seen. Thaksin has appointed a corps of private sales agents and told Thai embassy officials to hawk the cards to CEOs and celebrities around the world. But few travel-industry analysts believe he can achieve his goal of selling 1 million cards in the next 10 years. The program is also not without controversy. A key privilege for cardholders is the opportunity to "buy" residential land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trump Card | 12/14/2003 | See Source »

...much more support is out there for the scheme, dreamed up personally by Thaksin, remains to be seen. Thaksin has appointed a corps of private sales agents and told Thai embassy officials to hawk the cards to CEOs and celebrities around the world. But few travel-industry analysts believe he can achieve his goal of selling 1 million cards in the next 10 years. The program is also not without controversy. A key privilege for cardholders is the opportunity to "buy" residential land in Thailand (it will apparently be held in the name of the Thailand Privilege...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trump Card | 12/14/2003 | See Source »

Fulfilling the boundless promise exhibited in her debut effort, The Virgin Suicides, director Sofia Coppola crafts a sublime love letter to Tokyo and transitory friendship with her newest film, Lost in Translation. Hollywood star Bob Harris (Bill Murray) has been shipped off to Japan to hawk Suntory whiskey to the natives. There he encounters Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), the beautiful wife of a photographer who spends much of her day staring out her window in hopes of somehow finding herself within the city’s skyline. The pair discover Tokyo culture and a profundity in their friendship that is lacking...

Author: By Crimson Staff, | Title: Listings, Dec. 12-18 | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

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