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...both countries to confront domestic opposition appears to have failed on the Indian side. Talks between the ruling party of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the communist allies on whom his coalition depends to stay in power failed on Monday to overcome the leftists' opposition that will effectively neuter the deal. The Prime Minister, who has staked his reputation on the deal that promised to bring energy-starved India back into the legitimate international trade in civilian nuclear fuel and technology despite the country's nuclear-weapons program and its failure to adopt the Non-Proliferation Treaty, appears to have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Demise of an India Nuke Deal | 10/22/2007 | See Source »

...planning to remind people to get their pets spayed or neutered? -Vinnie Orlando, Racine, Wis. I will continue the tradition of saying spay or neuter your pet. It is an easy thing. It takes two seconds. It was really important to Bob Barker and he is the one that built the show. It would be a mistake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Drew Carey | 8/9/2007 | See Source »

...harsh criticism of the Democrats for clawing recklessly at the President's standing. "We are here because a series of irretrievable strategic mistakes," said Democrat Ike Skelton, chairman of the Armed Sevices Committee. Countered Pete Sessions, a Republican from Texas: "What this resolution is all about is to politically neuter the President of the United States. It is about trying to do something that is politics, not policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Iraq Resolution: Just a First Step? | 2/13/2007 | See Source »

...connect-the-dots view of terrorism also diminishes its power of persuasion. For Washington to succeed in putting together a multinational force to help the Lebanese government neuter Hizballah, it must win the participation of other states, perhaps France, Egypt and Turkey. But many governments by now are loath to go along with anything that sounds like an extension of the Bush doctrine. "If you compare Hizballah to the forces that flew planes into the World Trade Center on September 11," says a French diplomatic official, "you may lend your arguments more force, but it may also start undermining your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Middle East Crisis Isn't Really About Terrorism | 7/31/2006 | See Source »

Just to get right in the face of Energizer, the company has designated June 14 as "Neuter Your Bunny Day," with you-know-who as the obvious target. A van will cruise New York City plastered in ads for Oxyride and NeuterYour Bunny.com a website extolling the benefits of both Oxyride and rabbit neutering, culminating with the neutering of about a dozen bunnies at a local veterinary clinic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out to Beat the Bunny | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

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