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...TIME's Short List review of Wertheim's book...
...some 20 million books a year. Parton has written her own children's book, I Am a Rainbow (Putnam), which will be part of that program as well. TIME senior reporter Andrea Sachs caught up with Parton at Dollywood, her theme park, in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. (See TIME's list of the top Broadway shows...
...Stockholm Breaking the Bank for War Despite the global economic downturn, world governments spent $1.46 trillion on defense in 2008--a new record, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The U.S. continued to top the list, spending $607 billion to upgrade its armed forces--more than seven times the amount spent by China, which beat out the U.K. for the No. 2 spot for the first time...
...ensuing media frenzy led to Warren's testifying a few times on Capitol Hill, where she caught the eye of Senate majority leader Harry Reid. When asked how she ended up on Reid's short list, Warren says, "I took away from the conversation that my presence was about American families having a stake in the outcome of these powerful decisions that are being made. So I've never apologized for caring about and raising issues that relate directly to them...
...described by Iran experts. Diplomats, academics and intelligence officials say most people inside Iran want nothing to do with the NCRI or its primary member organization, Mujehadine-e-Khalq (MEK) - whose bloody attacks on the Iranian regime in the 1980s and '90s landed it on the U.S.'s terrorism list. Experts say the NCRI's support in Iran is now tiny and its international base is shrinking. The NCRI and MEK, say Iran watchers, have become little more than an excuse - or handy alibi - for Tehran's crackdown. (See pictures of Iranian society...