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Let's be fair to Blair, since that's a courtesy his disillusioned compatriots rarely extend to him these days: the British pol believed that a close and supportive relationship with Bush would enable him to exercise greater sway over U.S. policy in Iraq and elsewhere. But the strategy was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Presidential Medal for Tony Blair | 1/13/2009 | See Source »

The few French press accounts that did appear stuck to Michelin's own rather laconic communiqué announcing the appointment of German executive Julianne Caspar as the editor-in-chief of the company's 108 year-old Guide Rouge. Sagely, the reports avoided any moaning about German cooking or foreign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France Shrugs as a German Takes Over the Michelin Guide | 12/21/2008 | See Source »

Who Speaks for Thrift? Obama went first, repeating words that have become a sort of mantra for him as he surveys the economy: "It's not the time for fear or panic." Image is a very real part of the presidency, and it seems safe to say now, nearly two...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Can Lead Us Out of This Mess? | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

Newsy answers - like the one in which he embraced the death penalty as a possible punishment for child rape - arrived in the same methodical, yet laconic tone he uses for boilerplate - like his explanation yet again why his about-face on public financing is not really a change at all...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's 'Presidential' Press Event | 6/25/2008 | See Source »

Along with the mystics have come opportunists. To attract curious visitors, one enterprising local hotel changed its name to Kuala Lumpur: "Lake of Mud." In the roads near Lusi, shirtless men dart in and out of traffic selling bags of roasted nuts and dried fruit. They have also installed themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Wound in The Earth | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

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