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...Then al-Qaeda destroyed the World Trade Center. New York City's worst catastrophe was Giuliani's finest hour, and the worldwide acclaim he received gave his start-up company instant momentum. Firms lined up to buy the advice, credibility and connections of a man who had been knighted (honorary) by the Queen of England, hailed as "Rudy the Rock" by the President of France and chosen as TIME's Person of the Year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is Rudy Smiling? | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

...Officers took report of an individual in Weld Hall who received a suspicious instant message. The reporting individual did not respond to the message...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 3/20/2007 | See Source »

...year after the discovery of gold to turn the sleepy little town of San Francisco into a boisterous city, the largest place west of Chicago. Modern California was born. More important, the Gold Rush was a ratification of the most fantastical version of the American Dream, the yearning for instant fortune and easy prosperity, for extreme liberty and land free for the taking from the natives. When they heard the news out of California, Marx and Engels understood that this bizarre phenomenon was another way in which the U.S. might not conform to their view of economic history inevitably unfolding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1848: When America Came of Age | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Start The Madness | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...comfort women," a euphemism for virtual sex slaves, many of whom were horribly abused. In 1993, after years of evading responsibility, the Japanese government issued a statement officially acknowledging the army's role - direct or indirect - in the forced prostitution. The reaction across Asia to Abe's remarks was instant and angry, with South Korea's foreign minister calling on Japan to "face the truth," while septuagenarian former sex slaves in the Philippines furiously denounced Abe as a liar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's Abe Reopens an Old Wound | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

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