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...Mousab al-Zarqawi, was "eliminated through terrific intelligence work and air power, neither of which required a substantial U.S. ground presence in Iraq." Klein ignored the tremendous value U.S. ground forces contribute to that intelligence environment and to the targeting capability used to eliminate al-Zarqawi. ROBERT BILLINGS Lake Mary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 17, 2006 | 7/9/2006 | See Source »

Einstein then took Hans Albert off alone, as the boy wished, for a hiking excursion at a mountain resort overlooking Lake Lucerne. In a postcard to his cousin and future wife Elsa, Einstein described...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Intimate Life of A. Einstein | 7/9/2006 | See Source »

...SCALE OF THE WORK The lock-and-lake plan made much of the French digging superfluous. Still, U.S. excavations accounted for 75% of the total removed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Shrink The World | 6/25/2006 | See Source »

Caribbean Sea Gatun Locks Gatun Lake Culebra Cut (Now called Gaillard Cut) Pedro Miguel Locks Miraflores Locks Miraflores Lake Pacific Ocean CANAL ZONE Gatun Lake loses 26 million gal. of water each time a large ship passes through the locks ?Colon ?Gatun Locks ?Gatun Dam ?Gatun Lake ?Railroad The Panama Railroad, opened in 1855, was the spine along which men, equipment and dirt moved during construction ?Pedro Miguel Locks ?Miraflores Locks ?Panama City

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Shrink The World | 6/25/2006 | See Source »

Five months into his first term, T.R. launches his trust-busting campaign by suing the Northern Securities Co. He also establishes himself as a conservationist, creating Crater Lake National Park in Oregon (the first of five such parks he designates) and proclaiming Pelican Island, Fla., the first federal bird reservation. (He will set up 50 more.) Other highlights include his July 4, 1903, "Square Deal" speech in Springfield, Ill., and the treaty with Panama to build the Panama Canal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Strenuous Life | 6/25/2006 | See Source »

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