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...OPTIMISTIC ARE YOU THAT IRAQ WILL EMERGE AS A STABLE, DEMOCRATIC-LEANING STATE THAT IS FRIENDLY TO THE U.S. AND A MODEL FOR THE REGION? Not very. Professor J.Q. Wilson reminds us that after the Magna Carta, it took England about 500 years before it could persuasively call itself democratic and stable.What is unmistakably accomplished is the death of a hideous regime and kindled interest in liberal reform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for William F. Buckley | 4/12/2004 | See Source »

Harris graduated magna cum laude in economics from Harvard in 1984 and was recently named to Fortune magazine’s list of “The 50 Most Powerful Black Executives in Corporate America.” She has also recorded a bestselling CD on Amazon.com titled “Carla’s First Christmas...

Author: By Evan M. Vittor, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BMF Event Celebrates, Honors Black Women | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

...first to push Bush to topple Saddam after 9/11, he has surely not mastered the subject of history [Dec. 29-Jan. 5]. If he had been in one of the history classes that I taught, he would have learned how democracy took root in England in 1215 with the Magna Carta and developed over the course of centuries. He would have studied the French Revolution and the travails of that country as it struggled to emerge as the France of today. Does Wolfowitz realize how difficult it is to bring democracy to a people who have no democratic tradition? Perhaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

...intellectual" and the first to push Bush to topple Saddam after 9/11, he has surely not mastered the subject of history. If he had been in one of the history classes that I taught, he would have learned how democracy took root in England in 1215 with the Magna Carta and developed over the course of centuries. He would have studied the French Revolution and the travails of that country as it struggled to emerge as the France of today. Does Wolfowitz realize how difficult it is to bring democracy to a people who have no democratic tradition? Perhaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 26, 2004 | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

There is at least one outfit trying to reverse the sport's direction. Magna Entertainment Corp. (MEC), a spin-off of Canadian auto-parts maker Magna International, has spent about $1 billion to buy 12 U.S. tracks over the past five years, including Pimlico and Bay Meadows. The company may also bid for the scandal-plagued New York Racing Association's tracks, which include Saratoga and Belmont Park. "I love horses, but I just got bored going to the racetrack," says Frank Stronach, Magna's chairman, who became one of the world's top breeders while he was making billions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sports: Furlongs Behind | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

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