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...Moreover, without Musharraf the Kashmir conflict would likely heat up again. In November, he declared a unilateral cease-fire along the Line of Control bisecting Kashmir, bringing peace to those districts for the first time in memory. Last month, he made a statement suggesting that Pakistan might not insist on a plebiscite in Kashmir to resolve the dispute?an iron demand for five decades. India has responded with several conciliatory gestures, including the lifting of a ban on flights into the country by Pakistan's national airline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding the Tiger | 1/4/2004 | See Source »

...Fence Israelis insist it's for security; Palestinians say it's a veiled step toward annexation. A photo essay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Table of Contents: Dec. 22, 2003 | 12/22/2003 | See Source »

...United States, and that legislation may be required to set the rules. Since September 11, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's spy satellites have been increasingly pointed inside U.S. borders in support of the Pentagon's new Northern Command, charged with protecting the homeland. The agency's officials insist they don't target American citizens. The question, said the source familiar with the panel's work, is: ?How do we use the technology of today to monitor the activities of citizens in a manner that protects civil freedoms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Gets a 'Can Do Better' From Terror Panel | 12/13/2003 | See Source »

...more sex more fun? Perhaps, but it is a man’s game that women today insist on playing. Women are giving out many more free samples than they used to. Men are less spirited than they were in my day, when we lived in relative isolation from women. Men today are always in the presence of women, hence always in fear of making fools of themselves before women. College men have become premature husbands...

Author: By Harvey C. Mansfield, | Title: The Dangers of Sexual Equality | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

...more sex more fun? Perhaps, but it is a man’s game that women today insist on playing. Women are giving out many more free samples than they used to. Men are less spirited than they were in my day, when we lived in relative isolation from women. Men today are always in the presence of women, hence always in fear of making fools of themselves before women. College men have become premature husbands...

Author: By Harvey C. Mansfield, | Title: The Dangers of Sexual Equality | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

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