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...theory. It's pretty optimistic. It assumes that the world agrees on the primacy of human rights over national sovereignty and has the resolve to impose that consensus--another heady assumption--on the wayward few. "I don't know how the U.N. ever passed that resolution," says Anthony Holmes, head of the Africa program at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City. "Maybe all the delegates had a great champagne reception before they signed, but I suspect that many of the countries that voted for it then would never vote for it again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congo Seeks Protection | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...dedicated to unlearning that lesson. The Secret became a best seller by telling people that their attitudes and perceptions create reality. If you dream it, you can be it. If people say you can't sing--they're wrong. The true voice is the one you hear inside your head. Your mouth is not lying. Their ears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blago Talks! (And Talks ...) | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...Idol rejectee's confidence. We would all know his true heart someday, he assured us. All we need is to hear his words in complete context. That may never be possible, however. Not until they invent a microphone that can record what it sounds like inside Rod Blagojevich's head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blago Talks! (And Talks ...) | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...games over 38 years (34 of them with North Carolina State) and possessed a wise basketball mind. I really got to know her in 1984 when I was head coach of the U.S. Olympic team, and--lucky for me--Kay was an assistant. My volume was always turned up, and Kay's calmness helped me see things clearly. For example, I wasn't happy that our captain, future Hall of Famer Lynette Woodard, wasn't taking charges. So, in practice, I ran a drill where our players would ram into Lynette over and over. I was making an example...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kay Yow | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...died Jan. 20 at 75, "Fathead," a name dating back to high school years in his native Texas. He didn't consider it an insult. The moniker came from a band teacher who, after seeing Newman's music sheets sitting upside down on his stand, thumped him on the head and yelled, "Fathead!" Apparently, Newman preferred to learn music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Newman | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

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