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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...flag-waving, freedom-loving American, I would gladly back the mission to Mars if the first person to go were President George W. Bush. I am quite certain that we won't be able to find Vice President Dick Cheney, or I would insist that he go, too. Colleen Stone Merced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 2/16/2004 | See Source »

...officials insist that the components?tubes made up of thousands of small pieces, according to a Scomi official?could only be used in a uranium-enrichment program. A Scomi spokeswoman insists that the company was told the parts were for the oil and gas industry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Caught in the Web? | 2/16/2004 | See Source »

...freedom-loving American, I would gladly back the mission to Mars if the first person to go were President Bush. I am quite certain that we won't be able to find Vice President Cheney, or I would insist that he go too. Colleen Stone Merced, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 16, 2004 | 2/16/2004 | See Source »

...protect them. Admittedly, this policy is not only about France’s eighteenth-century republican ideals, but also about the contemporary challenges to those ideals. While the law’s ultimate purpose is to safeguard secularism, its immediate result will be to force adolescent girls who insist on wearing a headscarf in school to give up free public education...

Author: By Daniel B. Holoch, | Title: One Nation, Secular and Indivisible | 2/12/2004 | See Source »

...fact that both the opposition and Aristide himself appear to wield significant support has prompted Haiti's Caribbean neighbors, and the U.S., to insist that the two sides find a political solution. But while they have for years criticized Aristide's refusal to accommodate his political opponents, outside observers are also critical of the opposition's insistence that no negotiations can be held before Aristide steps down. The resulting standoff has prevented any political solution, and the current wave of violence has made prospects for an accord even more remote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: Should the U.S. Go In? | 2/11/2004 | See Source »

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