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...preserving cultures. Alongside the Foundation is Karan's new retail concept, Urban Zen, where she sells a mix of her own creations and objects she has culled on trips around the world. Karan took some time out from New York fashion week to talk to Kate Betts about the mission behind her foundation and her drive to create a new philanthropic model...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Designer Donna Karan | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

Eventually, those deals will translate into new opportunities for Basrawis. For now, their city faces years of struggle to rebuild and heal. One essential resource, says Salmon, is optimism - among Basrawis as well as their soon-to-depart overlords - that the corner has been turned. "My mission has been to protect that optimism, shape it and build it," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rebuilding Basra | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

Multiple product redesigns and one "Don't Tase me, bro" incident later, the Taser remains contentious--although Cover never doubted his invention's mission. "I would rather see someone get shot with a Taser gun," he said, "than a real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jack Cover | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...from the school. As many as 30 students from Tsinghua and Peking University--China's most prestigious schools--have been to the camp, says Tao. "Our kids are all very special and intelligent," he notes. "It's only normal for people to make detours when they're young. Our mission is to help them get back on track before it's too late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Beijing | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...path to that goal is to appoint a truth-finding panel. We could develop and authorize a person or group of people universally recognized as fair-minded and without an ax to grind. Their straightforward mission would be to find the truth. People would be invited to come forward and share their knowledge and experiences, not for purposes of constructing criminal indictments but to assemble the facts. If needed, such a process could involve subpoena powers and even the authority to obtain immunity from prosecution in order to get to the whole truth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for a Truth Commission | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

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