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Perhaps I was louder than I intended because a friend of mine on the shuttle laughed as I said goodbye to my mother. He said he’d never heard me talk in such a way, and informed me that my accent made it sound as if my IQ had just plummeted sixty points...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins | Title: Don’t Mess with Texas | 11/5/2007 | See Source »

...should listen to his fans. As Red Sox players caroused on Coors Field after winning the World Series, the Boston fans lingered to serenade their stars. Only one chant was louder than "Re-Sign Lowell!" - it was "Don't Sign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Have the Sox Become the Yanks? | 10/29/2007 | See Source »

...while these new supermarkets still only account for less than 5% of the industry, opposition to their presence is growing louder. In the past few months there have been protests in Uttar Pradesh in central India and the communist-ruled Kerala and West Bengal, including violent demonstrations last September that forced Reliance Fresh, the food stores arm of Reliance Retail, to shut their shops and lay off staff. "We want the government to stop large corporations from entering the retail segment until it puts in place a national policy that is agreeable to all the stakeholders including small traders, shopkeepers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Backlash for Big Retail in India | 10/17/2007 | See Source »

...hadn’t yet heard of the MBTA’s plans while playing to a Sunday evening crowd. When asked of how he thought T-Radio would affect his business he simply responded, “It won’t. I’ll just play louder...

Author: By James A. Mcfadden, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MBTA Tests New Radio Service in Select T Stops | 10/15/2007 | See Source »

...raised its voice on Darfur and Burma louder than any other country. George W. Bush has regularly denounced the Sudanese campaign of destruction as "genocide," Washington has spent $2.5 billion on humanitarian aid to keep Darfur's refugees alive, and the Administration has spearheaded creation of a 26,000-person, U.N.-led peacekeeping force. When the Burmese regime cracked down on protesters, it was Bush who used his appearance before the U.N. General Assembly to announce that the U.S. would freeze the assets of Burma's repressive leaders and deny them visas. Yet when he urged "every civilized nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Human-Rights Vacuum | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

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