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If the Soviets do offer to give up their largest missiles, they would probably demand that the U.S. give up the MX and the Trident II as well. That would be difficult to accept. There are widespread questions about how to base the MX and about Congress's willingness to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GRAND COMPROMISE | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

But Norman leaves an important legacy as one of the rare golfers who changed the way the game was played. He was the first to introduce the high, straight, towering ball flight that has come to characterize the modern game. Norman's combination of altitude and distance allowed him to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Harrington Beats Norman at Birkdale | 7/20/2008 | See Source »

So much for going gently into that good night. Four months after a tearful press conference that left an entire state of Cheeseheads in mourning, storied Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre announced he wants to return from retirement. The only problem: the Packers might be ready to wrap up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History Of: Un-Retirement | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

Has America lost its sense of humor? If it seems that way, perhaps that's because dourness is effective politics. In Minnesota, former SNL comic Al Franken hit trouble in his Senate race because of the dark legacy of his past: not drug use or infidelity but a joke he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That's Not Funny! | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

Egypt is one of America's most important allies - and also one of its frailest. Its president, Hosni Mubarak, will have ruled the country for 27 years by October; but instead of looking for a democratic succession, his regime has only sought to pile-drive his legacy into the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mubarak Asserts Control in Egypt | 7/15/2008 | See Source »

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