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...When our son Daniel turned 10, he wanted a dog of his own. I was against it, using arguments borrowed from seminars on nuclear nonproliferation. It was hopeless. One giant "Please, Dad," and I caved completely. Robyn went out to Winchester, Va., found a litter of black Labs and brought home Chester...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Dogs and Men | 7/16/2003 | See Source »

When our son Daniel turned 10, he wanted a dog of his own. I was against it, using arguments borrowed from seminars on nuclear nonproliferation. It was hopeless. One giant "Please, Dad," and I caved completely. Robyn went out to Winchester, Va., found a litter of black Labs and brought home Chester...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Dogs And Men | 6/16/2003 | See Source »

...full moon, we pulled up at al-Yarmouk hospital, an over-burdened 700-bed facility guarded by U.S. troops. Frustrated staff members trying to practice lifesaving without morphine, stretchers or clean linen could do little. "We have no neurologist here," a white-smocked doctor said. "It's hopeless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Journey to the Dark Side of Baghdad | 5/26/2003 | See Source »

...Tony Blair has always portrayed his Conservative opponents as hopeless Little Englanders who not only oppose the euro but hanker to pull out of the E.U. altogether, deaf not only to British interests but also to the popular will. But now the Tories are starting to hit back with charges that it's Blair who is out of touch and undemocratic. Their weapon: the constitution now emerging from the European Convention. It's still being negotiated, but it's highly likely to boost Brussels' powers at the expense of member countries - a deeply unpopular proposition in the U.K. Unlike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Britons Have a Say? | 5/25/2003 | See Source »

...persuade voters to cede a chunk of fiscal sovereignty to a multinational committee in Frankfurt. Economists differ about whether the tests have been met; very few would argue that all five have. But as a political matter, trying to sell the virtues of jumping into the euro zone is hopeless right now, not only because of lingering rifts from the Iraq war but because much of Europe is teetering on the brink of recession, with growth and unemployment rates significantly worse than Britain's. The U.K.'s continually solid economic performance has been one of Labour's great bedrocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Agreeing To Disagree | 5/18/2003 | See Source »

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