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...Recall the foofaraw when Bill Clinton considered apologizing for slavery. My lord, if you can't apolize for slavery, what can you apologize for? Sure, I didn't enslave anyone and neither did my ancestors, but I'd be a liar if I said that as a white American I haven't somehow indirectly benefited from that evil institution. I have no connection to slavery, but I regret that it happened in a country that I believe in and call home. Please accept my apology for slavery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's the Strong Man That Knows How to Apologize | 4/13/2001 | See Source »

...well-lubricated bodyguard fired back at police, injuring two officers and forcing the raid back. Milosevic tried to put a smooth face on the affair by telling a local TV station he was relaxing with "comrades" and sipping coffee. Nothing, it seemed, could shake his expert skills as a liar. Later, seeming more desperate, he vowed to a police commander that he would not be taken alive. Another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bagging The Butcher | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

...will be of special interest to the faithful because it purports to be a facsimile of a copy actually owned by Harry Potter and bearing his schoolboyish annotations. When, for example, the author promises "A Brief History of Muggle Awareness of Fantastic Beasts," Harry circles "Brief" and scrawls "you liar." No wonder so many readers love this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Magic 101 | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. He threw in some sovereignty over Jerusalem. But Arafat bargained for more and didn't get it, then gambled on the new intifadeh, demolishing Barak's re-election hopes. So Arafat must now face Sharon, who calls him a liar and refuses to shake his hand. The dread is, it could be Beirut all over again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waiting For History To Happen | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...even pretend that he is willing to come to an agreement with the Palestinians or the other Arabs. While Barak was willing to make concessions to the Arabs in the West Bank and the Golan Heights, Sharon is better known for calling Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, a "liar and a murderer," and for encouraging Jews to settle in the West Bank and Gaza...

Author: By Rita Hamad, | Title: Sharon Voters Give Up on Peace | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

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