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...that Giuliani isn't showing the stoicism he displayed on 9/11. "We need a President who cools it," says Odom, a senior fellow with the conservative Hudson Institute. As for Giuliani's analogy to the cold war, a period Odom knows rather well, he is unimpressed. "Jihadism is a mosquito bite compared to communism," he says. "Anybody who talks about terrorism this way is like a witch doctor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Giuliani's Tough Talk | 8/22/2007 | See Source »

Provisions for a leisurely summer camping trip on a lake in Russia's Ural mountains: Good brown bread; salami and cheese; tomatoes and cucumbers; bottled water (always carbonated). Also, nerve gas-strength mosquito repellent, and vodka (of course). And Geiger counters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could the Rich Save Russia's Environment? | 7/24/2007 | See Source »

...only one who feels this way. If we all go through the same daily mini-dilemmas, maybe we can collectively devise our answer, where we draw our moral line as a campus and as a generation. Families too poor to afford a life-saving mosquito net should demand no less...

Author: By Jarret A. Zafran | Title: That Constant Gnawing Guilt | 5/11/2007 | See Source »

...cause of international development. It led the way in the eradication of hookworm in the U.S. South, helping pave the way for the region's economic development. It supported the Nobel-prizewinning work that created the yellow-fever vaccine. It helped Brazil eliminate a malaria-transmitting strain of mosquito. And perhaps most stunningly, it funded the Asian Green Revolution, the transformative agricultural success that enabled India and other countries to escape endless cycles of famine and poverty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Should Share the Wealth | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

...fight, De La Hoya's accurate blows and powerful left hook could wear Mayweather down--if he can catch him. Mayweather zips around the ring like a mosquito, throwing quick punches and darting backward before his opponent can counter. De La Hoya's trainer, Freddie Roach, is teaching his fighter to attack when Mayweather crosses his feet, which puts him slightly off balance. "Floyd is so fast, Oscar has to react to it right away," Roach says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the De La Hoya-Mayweather Fight Save Boxing? | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

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