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When an Afghan commander refused to let his men join in a rescue mission, you quoted a U.S. sergeant who said, "Look at these Afghans. Why the hell should we be fighting their war?" Well, after 9/11, the war against the merciless Taliban regime suddenly became our war as well. I completely understand what men say in the heat of battle because I spent a year in combat myself. But slowly American troops will weed out the enemy, and as its desperation grows, we will continue to stride ahead with confidence and assurance, knowing we will punish those who dared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: European Heroes | 10/30/2005 | See Source »

...with relatives in Lagos so she could go to school. But the dream turned into a nightmare when her uncle raped her. She fled back to the village, where things got even worse: Ishaya, now 24, tested positive for HIV, and when she went public with the diagnosis, all hell broke loose. "Everywhere I went," she says, "fingers were being pointed at me. There was a day I was walking to the marketplace, and the entire street was deserted for me." Ostracized by her family, she moved to an abandoned building on the outskirts of the village...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Truth Teller | 10/30/2005 | See Source »

...boring: we like reality shows because they show us people who are laughably horrible in some way; for the first time in a while, we have a reality show focused on someone who seems to be a decent guy with a normal family.What happened, Run? You used to raise hell, dude!Out of PracticeHenry Winkler and Stockard Channing ’65 star in this “comedy” from the writers of “Frasier.” Channing looks to have just been resuscitated from some experiment in cryogenics. She’s scary...

Author: By Alex C. Britell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: "My Name is Earl," "Coupling" | 10/27/2005 | See Source »

...whose curse-crushing triumph last year proved that nobody can lose forever. So as the White Sox legions watched their team's opening games against the hungry Houston Astros, appearing in their first Series, one question was surely burning in the collective consciousness of the Sox faithful: Can hell freeze over once again, before Lake Michigan does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Every Year, a Miracle | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

...Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers steadfastly refuses to talk about herself, will not talk about herself, and I'm thinking to myself, Hell, where do you find a woman like that?" --DAVID LETTERMAN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Punchlines: Oct. 31, 2005 | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

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