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...salarymen are those that I encounter most frequently during my morning commute. They tend to maintain stern expressions yet many have small charms on their cell phones, and read thick volumes of manga. Many a morning I find myself in the throng of school children, who travel en masse to school in their uniforms reminiscent of sailor suits. They are the most social of those riding the train as they excitedly discuss topics beyond my realm of comprehension...

Author: By Kerry A. Goodenow | Title: The Tokyo Underground | 7/20/2008 | See Source »

...adjusted. Similarly, McCain will admit that there is only so far any leader can push against American public opinion, allowing for the possibility of withdrawal before total victory. "When the American people don't support a war," McCain said last year, "then we aren't able to maintain a foreign endeavor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leaving Iraq: Debate Shifts to When | 7/20/2008 | See Source »

...American power to overcome them. My first order as Commander in Chief will be to end the war in Iraq and refocus our efforts on Afghanistan and our broader security interests. Let me be clear--my plan would not abandon Iraq. It is in our strategic interest to maintain a residual force that will go after al-Qaeda, train Iraqi security forces and protect U.S. interests. But we must recognize that the central front in the war on terror is not in Iraq, and it never was. The central front is in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is unacceptable that almost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain and Obama on Afghanistan | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

...manage to maintain and convey the emotion of a piece after playing it hundreds of times? -Umesh Panchaksharaiah Richmond, Calif.The first time you play a piece, your blood pressure is high. The second time, you are more clear in your mind. I always play a piece three times in a row, and then I stop and get another piece out. That way, there's always a freshness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Lang Lang | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

...begin abusing booze immediately and never learn how to drink responsibly. "It's part of the globalization of behavior that, as far as drug and alcohol abuse is concerned, at the European Union level is evidenced in all 27 states," he says. In other words, if France hopes to maintain its cultural exception as a country that consumes alcohol responsibly, it will need to work alongside the rest of Europe to find a solution to youth binge-drinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: French Combat Youth Binge-Drinking | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

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