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“People need a distraction, a way to take their frustration out,” he said, “an illusion that they’re some kind of secret agent.”

Author: By Sally K. Scopa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Assassinate This | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

"Little in these reforms is really new," Kaufman says of the current White House-backed Democratic Banking Committee plan. He calls the provisions for new "resolution authority" to dissolve failing banks "an illusion," since the sheer size of the institutions makes painless, prepackaged liquidation unlikely. He worries about loopholes that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Replacement Senator Causing Democrats Fits | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

Yet their behavior is also consistent with a desire to appear reasonable, maintain the illusion of good-faith negotiations and insulate themselves from charges of carrying the industry's water when the negotiations fall apart. We saw this movie during health care. And if you focus on the fundamentals - political...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Financial Reform: Far from a Done Deal in Congress | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

In recent months, the U.S. military has staged increasingly frequent drone attacks against militants in the tribal area of North Waziristan, while the Pakistani military has sought to crush the Taliban in several fierce offensives in South Waziristan and Orakzai. But the militants have proved resilient, and their ability to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Consulate Attack: A Message from the Taliban | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

“But then,” he adds, “to what extent is trying to be normal an illusion?”

Author: By Elizabeth C. Pezza, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Living in the Shadows | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

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