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...many Americans who believe citizens have the right to defend their property and privacy with firearms, these ranchers are true patriots, doing a job the government is too weak-kneed to carry out. Ranchers such as Roger Barnett from Douglas, who boasts of capturing illegals on his property--his record is 170 in a day--have become the heroes of anti-immigration activists around the country. Such groups as the American Patrol and the California Coalition for Immigration Reform often liken the ranchers in their literature to the Minutemen of the American Revolution...
Even more strange than his name is his game. If Wayne Gretzky had a mystique based on talent that belied his pedestrian skating and weak shot, Gomez has star quality. Knock-kneed and pigeon-toed, he skates like Pam Anderson in stilettos--slow and hunched over. But his passes are perfect, and his ability to see plays develop is amazing--particularly for a rookie...
...with the rebels have broken down, after the guerrillas violated a cease-fire agreement by expanding their operations well beyond the south, where the government recognized their control. "Pastrana is hoping that when the FARC see this massive influx of U.S. aid to his government, they'll get weak-kneed and be willing to get serious about negotiating a truce," says TIME Latin America bureau chief Tim McGirk. "After all, this war has been going on for more than 40 years and that gives the FARC a strong vested interest in continuing...
...advertised as liable to "cause shock, vomiting, confusion, panic, euphoria and anxiety." Indeed, its contents--most controversial of which are sliced-up animals suspended in formaldehyde and Chris Ofili's painting of the Virgin Mary with a generous helping of dung on her bosom--are not for the knock-kneed...
Wake up, Goldilocks - the bears may be coming home early. The stock markets were reeling again Friday, still weak-kneed from what TIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl calls "a one-two punch and an uppercut." A skyrocketing trade deficit (proving that consumers are still spending way too much) and a sliding dollar (against not only the yen but also the euro) have both rekindled fears that the Fed will hike rates at its board meeting October 5. The uppercut? Microsoft prez Steve Ballmer?s must-have-had-a-few-too-many comments to a roomful of tech reporters about...