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...defining element of early 21st century pop culture, dominating entertainment from Borat to Knocked Up to The Office. It boils down to encountering a social problem or taboo, facing up to it and getting past it by laughing. Likewise the singalong shows: their cathartic message is that none of us are above it all. No, you don't have to sing it well, America. In fact, we'd prefer if you didn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Talent Required | 8/30/2007 | See Source »

...time when it was exceptionally difficult for black Africans, and he did not do it in any facilitated way. Richard was black and rich and proud - and he did it himself. That made him one of the first black icons, a role model when there were practically none." The Little Black Book, an annual rundown of South African business leaders, calls him "the father of black retail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retail Renegade: Richard Maponya | 8/29/2007 | See Source »

...other senior officers, the Pentagon has maintained that none did anything wrong. But Stjepan Mestrovic, a Texas sociologist who has testified as an expert witness at several Abu Ghraib trials, calls the Pentagon's attempt to blame the scandal on a few low-ranking "bad apples" little more than "magical thinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Abu Ghraib Cases: Not Yet Over | 8/29/2007 | See Source »

...Roth, the situation is "horrific. We are praying as hard as we can for these babies." So is Ana Escobar. None of the Casa Quivira children - their names, dates of birth and arrival at the home pinned to their crib headboards - turned out to be Esther. But "I won't give up until I find my daughter," says Escobar. "There are a lot of people who adopt children without really knowing if the mother wanted to give them up or if they were stolen. Without knowing if the mother is suffering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cleaning Up International Adoptions | 8/29/2007 | See Source »

...highest levels of government. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki came into office promising to break the power of Shi'ite militias, but as his fragile government teeters on the edge of collapse, those same militias are stronger than ever. The government's credibility is so low that none of its promises can be taken at face value...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Baghdad's Latest Deal Is No Deal | 8/28/2007 | See Source »

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