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Even as one way of life begins to fade, another springs into existence. For so long, the Mekong Delta, despite its riverine abundance, has been scarred by a grueling cycle of war and poverty. Today, the area is welcoming Chinese investors, who have flocked to newly constructed industrial zones where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bend in The River | 8/30/2007 | See Source »

First, there's the civil war. For nearly half a century, the Burmese army battled an array of communist and ethnic-minority rebellions, growing bigger and tougher in the process and seizing power along the way. About 15 years ago, the government and most of the rebel groups agreed to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Bad to Worse | 8/30/2007 | See Source »

His record can be seen as part of the historic lesson, demonstrated from Nixon onward, that what a President really needs is not a fixer but a true legal counselor. Gonzales' excessive loyalty has led to congressional investigations, repeated rebukes by the Supreme Court and showdowns with Congress over the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gonzales Legacy | 8/30/2007 | See Source »

But at this moment in our history, 220 years after the Constitutional Convention, the way to get citizens involved in civic life, the way to create a common culture that will make a virtue of our diversity, the way to give us that more capacious sense of "we" - finally, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Time To Serve | 8/30/2007 | See Source »

1. Create a National-Service Baby Bond Every time an American baby is born, the Federal Government would invest $5,000 in that child's name in a 529-type fund - the kind many Americans are already using for college savings. At a rate of return of 7% - the historic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Time To Serve | 8/30/2007 | See Source »

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