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...going to use symbols to justify political decisions, the difficult moment comes when they disappear. You can?t demonize a man who lives in a hole. As we get on with the unglamorous business of rebuilding Iraq, we may miss the utility of having a bogeyman in Baghdad. That is the point of C.P. Cavafy?s wonderful poem ?Waiting for the Barbarians.? A city is on edge, nervous about a threat that, its people slowly realize, will never come. ?What?s going to happen to us without barbarians?? asks the narrator. ?They were, those people, a kind of solution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Semiotics of Saddam | 12/29/2003 | See Source »

China has achieved this critical global role not by protecting its economy but by throwing it open. Tariff rates are comparatively low, and this year it surpassed the U.S. as the world's biggest recipient of foreign investment, attracting an estimated $60 billion. Accusations that China manipulates its currency miss the point. The yuan is pegged to the dollar, which has dropped in value over the past year. So Chinese exports to the U.S. have indeed grown cheaper compared with those of other countries. To support its currency, China holds about $120 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds, thus lending America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tug-Of-War Over Trade | 12/22/2003 | See Source »

President Bush isn't wishy-washy; he's strong and not afraid to make a decision. The American people should stand behind him. I truly believe that history will vindicate him. Jenni Simpson Kosciusko, Miss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 22, 2003 | 12/22/2003 | See Source »

...PROHIBITED. RIO FERDINAND, 25, star footballer for England and Manchester United; from playing for eight months after missing a random drug test in September; in Bolton, England. The Football Association ban, which begins in January, will force the world's most expensive defender to miss the rest of the season and the 2004 European Championship, although his club said it would appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 12/20/2003 | See Source »

...best thing for myself and my siblings,” Guffey said. “But I certainly miss it. It had a great history...

Author: By Andrew C. Esensten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sigma Chi Finds Permanent Home on Mass. Ave | 12/16/2003 | See Source »

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