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...choosing the American soldier, Time insulted non-Americans. The war in Iraq was illegal, fought by service members who would have done well to object to the U.S.'s invasion by refusing to fight, much like those who resisted the draft during the Vietnam War. Instead, the troops marched into a sovereign country like cowboys, under a false pretext, only to learn that the people they liberated wanted the occupiers out at any cost. Time should not demean the sensibilities of the rest of the world by glorifying the wrongs of a nation and its people. Jagdeep Parsram Bombay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

...more practical end, the moon offers unique opportunities for scientific research. Going there is the only way to figure out where the moon came from, for example. Current theory says it was blasted from Earth in a collision with a planet-size object billions of years ago, but the moon rocks we have in hand from the Apollo missions don't offer enough mineralogical clues to prove or refute the idea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: The Road To Mars: Why Go Back to the Moon? | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

...well, says Dr. William Roberts, president-elect of the American College of Sports Medicine. Men whose pants are too flimsy--or who insist on wearing just shorts--can develop a very painful condition known as testicular nip. Watch out too for earrings, nose rings and any other metal object that conducts cold right to the skin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Winter Games | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

...choosing the American soldier, TIME insulted non-Americans. The war in Iraq was illegal, fought by service members who would have done well to object to the U.S.'s invasion by refusing to fight, much like those who resisted the draft during the Vietnam War. Instead, the troops marched into a sovereign country under a false pretext, only to learn that the people they liberated wanted the occupiers out at any cost. TIME should not demean the sensibilities of the rest of the world by glorifying the wrongs of a nation and its people. JAGDEEP PARSRAM Bombay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 26, 2004 | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

...desire to suck includes within it the desire for the mother's breast, which is therefore the first object of sexual desire; I cannot convey to you any adequate idea of the importance of this first object in determining every later object adopted, of the profound influence it exerts." DR. SIGMUND FREUD, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Sex Talk Through the Ages | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

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