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...avoid unrest, leaders cannot blindly adopt draconian anti-inflation measures. That's because they risk public backlash if they overreact to the inflation threat and kill economic growth in the process. Developing nations need to grow quickly to create jobs and increase incomes for their large populations. Asians from India to South Korea have come to expect high growth as almost a God-given right, and in an increasingly democratized region, voters won't hesitate to toss out of office any politician who doesn't deliver the goods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tiger Trap | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

...take a look! They begin with NewTyhuss, who writes, "sweet!" Things start going south with comment No. 4: "id hit it." (Good one, ZRace67!) After a week, we're down to eldergod: "why dont u shove that gerbil up yur ass and quit posting stupid videos." bwalhof writes, "kill yourself. fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Post Apocalypse | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

This mix of dread and absurdity is standard operating procedure in HBO's Generation Kill (Sundays, 9 p.m. E.T.), which combines bone-rattling action, lacerating drama and comedy as dark and dirty as a nighttime sandstorm. Produced and co-written by David Simon and Ed Burns, who took a similar approach to America's urban ills in the brilliant HBO cop drama The Wire, Kill is no fictional critique. It's based on the book by embedded journalist Evan Wright, and the adaptation is faithful to his book down to the precise dialogue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater of the Absurd | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

...Kill's strength comes from focusing not on why we fight or how, but on who fights for us: volunteers, many from broken homes and troubled 'hoods, who take being lied to as a given and were raised amid low expectations. "Not a whole lot was expected of this generation," Wright says in his book, "other than the hope that those in it would squeak through high school without pulling too many more mass shootings in the manner of Columbine." Suddenly they're heavily armed, charged with executing U.S. foreign policy and expected to kick ass but stop short...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater of the Absurd | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

...This happens unconsciously also. The idea is that once an affair is discovered, it will deliver a blow that will either kill your relationship or make it stronger. And it often does. The sex becomes much more passionate for some people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Have Affairs — And Why Not to Tell | 7/8/2008 | See Source »

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