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...early stages of Operation Anaconda. The soldiers of the division's 3rd Brigade had walked into a hornet's nest and clearly did not have the firepower they needed. By the end of the day, the division commander had ordered Jim and the rest of his battalion to pack their aircraft and head to Afghanistan. Ninety-six hours later, all his aircraft had been taken apart, loaded onto cargo planes and shipped out. The added firepower quickly turned the tide of the battle. "The al-Qaeda were used to seeing Apaches one or two at a time," Jim recalls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An American Family Goes To War | 5/24/2006 | See Source »

...issued only outside of the United States. Outside of the United States. That is a key point because it is the provision that will require the 12 million illegal aliens to leave. Now, some of you are thinking to yourselves that 12 million people aren?t going to pack up and leave just to get a visa to come back legally. But, I believe most will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Compromise Plan on Immigration | 5/23/2006 | See Source »

...President three times, moved to Japan, studied Buddhism, worked with Mother Teresa and was a radio talk-show host--all before diving into the unforgiving cauldron of Oakland politics a decade ago. He is at an age when overachievers in nearly every other profession would start to pack it in. But no man who wakes up at 5 a.m. to read and has been known to keep an eye on Fox News after midnight should be considered a candidate for retirement anytime soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jerry Brown Still Wants Your Vote | 5/21/2006 | See Source »

...might wonder how could it average only 42 minutes difference, when mom is home for nine hours. Remember that stay-at-home moms send their children to school, and often to after-school enrichment programs. Working moms, meanwhile, really kick it up a notch when they come home. They pack a ton of direct interaction into those three hours before bedtime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let's Have a Truce on Mother's Day | 5/12/2006 | See Source »

...meantime, the weather is getting warmer, and summer travel beckons. Come June, students will trek to an inconveniently located airport to stand in long queues and move heavy bags. After the usual questions (“Did you pack your own bag?” “No, my mother did.” “Right, step this way for a bag-search.” “But my mum’s not a…”), their reward will be to crouch for a few hours with legroom barely sufficient...

Author: By Emily C. Ingram | Title: Plane Pain | 5/10/2006 | See Source »

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