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...poverty, others should be able to do it too. While he pledged on election night that his government would serve the interests of all New Zealanders, Key also noted that the people had voted for a "more prosperous, more ambitious" country. And some of his pre-campaign statements paint him as quite the ideological warrior. It shouldn't surprise anyone if, before long, Key chases down some of Clark's welfare darlings with the proverbial slipper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Key to the Kingdom | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

Exactly what kind of learning goes on at the Blue School? This is a show, after all, whose appeal rests on an exuberant celebration of paint volcanoes, Twinkie force-feeding, amplified Cap'N Crunch--chomping and Jell-O-encased heads. It's so universally silly that Blue Man Groups currently thrive in eight cities, from Las Vegas to Tokyo to Basel, Switzerland. But like many other enterprises that sound funny and turn out to be incredibly earnest (recent Jim Carrey movies spring to mind), the Blue School is a very serious business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At the Blue Man Group's School, Kids Rule | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...Pfoho gong drama of ’99. Our ancestral sense of house spirit was called forth. We wanted to be a part of a petty demonstration of house pride like that displayed on Housing Day. And since beer was involved, we were ready with our war paint...

Author: By Rebecca A. Cooper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The New Spirit in Adams House | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...Police went to arrest the offender and were pelted with eggs, chunks of concrete and balloons filled with paint and urine. The police responded by charging into the crowd, clubbing bystanders and yelling "Kill! Kill!" in what one report later termed a "police riot." Across the country, Americans watching on television gave their verdict: Serves the damn hippies right. Democrats, who had won seven of the previous nine presidential elections, went on to lose seven of the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Liberal Order | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...third-world nations like Ethiopia. The result is that countries where there are more high-paying jobs for everyone are not given an advantage over countries where there is little economic opportunity. It's easy to understand the thinking here - fairness, basically - but the data does not paint an overall picture of how women are faring in their daily lives in one country versus the next. It's hard not to argue that better economic, health and educational conditions overall benefit everyone, men and women alike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Women Are Treated (Almost) Equally | 11/12/2008 | See Source »

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