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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...these women are feeling the pinch. Asked how the financial crisis is affecting them, they enumerate a long list: the clothing they can no longer buy, the vacations they can no longer take. "Before, you would just go shopping on a whim," says Portela. "Now my parents don't let...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Broken Hopes of a Spanish Generation | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

...state secret that he wears Speedo swimming trunks. For goodness' sake, let's grow up.' DAVID MILIBAND, British Foreign Secretary, defending Sir John Sawyers, the incoming head of MI6, the U.K.'s Secret Intelligence Service, after Sawyers' wife was assailed for posting photos and personal information on Facebook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

...there was consolation, in Lionel Richie's promise that "Jesus is love/ He won't let you down." There was confrontation, with mention of the rumors that death had not laid to rest: "Being judged, ridiculed--how much pain can one take?" Michael's brother Marlon asked. Above all, there was community, created by the music Michael made and rendered by the artists he inspired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moment | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

...Detroit A Win for GM It appears Cadillac will not be going the way of the Edsel, thanks to a federal bankruptcy judge's ruling that may save General Motors. The July 5 decision will let GM sell its best assets--including the Cadillac and Chevrolet brands--to a new company of which the U.S. government will have 60% ownership. The sale, opposed by some bondholders and consumer groups, could let the storied automaker emerge from bankruptcy in less than two months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

...rest of the ceremony. The networks hesitated to step on the quiet with commentary. So for a minute or so, there was a TV rarity: an utter hush. Broadcast and cable news alike took a breath - for the first time, it seemed, in a week and a half - and let the darkened arena and the stilled crowd tell the story. It was an unintended tribute, and a blessed relief. (See TIME's full Michael Jackson coverage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michael Jackson: Goodbye, or See You Soon? | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

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