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The present mess follows the very mixed track record of the coalition which has run the country since 1998, gaining reelection in 2002. Red-green, as the colorful union of Socialists and Greens was known, scored its share of successes with the public, including its opposition to George W. Bushs...

Author: By Alexander Bevilacqua, | Title: Quo Vadis, Germania? | 10/4/2005 | See Source »

Angela Merkel has been speaking for about 45 minutes to a Dresden campaign rally of some 2,000 people. She's not much of an orator, but her listeners are attentive as they munch sausages and drink beer in the sunshine. Even a group dressed up as cows - holding signs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "Angie" Rocks The Vote | 8/21/2005 | See Source »

Over the next year, Marwan says, he participated in dozens of assaults on U.S. troops who were struggling to subdue the city. Marwan says he became expert with machine guns, a skill that brought him to the attention of al-Zarqawi's group, then called Attawhid wal Jihad. Marwan's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Mind of an Iraqi Suicide Bomber | 6/26/2005 | See Source »

Despite the immense racial gulf separating them, Lincoln and Douglass had a lot in common. They were the two pre-eminent self-made men of their era. Lincoln was born dirt poor, had less than a year of formal schooling and became one of the nation's greatest Presidents. Douglass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Across the Great Divide | 6/26/2005 | See Source »

Lincoln and Douglass also shared many common interests. They loved music and literature and educated themselves (Douglass on the sly while a slave) by reading the same books: Aesop's Fables, the Bible, Shakespeare and especially The Columbian Orator, a popular anthology of speeches for boys. They were athletic, strong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Across the Great Divide | 6/26/2005 | See Source »

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