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Naturally, there's a good measure of international payback here. For source nations, the idea of cultural property is a way to assert their sovereignty against those great powers that once picked through their treasures. It's also a defense against the suction of the present-day free market, which could easily vacuum up whatever the colonial powers haven't carted away. Zahi Hawass is the very vocal head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities. "While I believe that Egyptian monuments are the shared heritage of mankind," he told TIME by e-mail, "I also believe that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Owns History? | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...dissidents. They keep Burma's cause in the world's media. They engage a new generation of human-rights activists around the globe. But moral support alone cannot triumph in a fight against an immoral regime. Putting the squeeze on the generals' cash is different. That would truly be payback...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pre-Emptive Strike | 2/14/2008 | See Source »

...said. “The game with St. Lawrence is very indicative of just how dangerous our offense can be.”CLARKSON 2, HARVARD 1In the Crimson’s season opener against Clarkson on Friday in Potsdam, N.Y., Harvard fell just one goal short of earning payback against the team that bumped the Crimson from the ECAC playoffs last spring. “You don’t forget a loss like that, and it was definitely on our minds,” MacDonald said. “We saw this as an opportunity for payback...

Author: By Vanda R. Gyuris, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Men's Hockey Splits in North Country | 11/5/2007 | See Source »

...overeat when they were fed "diet" foods. Though the new study was conducted in animals, it adds to a growing body of research in humans that suggests a diet-foods paradox: the more low-calorie (or even zero-calorie) sodas and foods you consume, the more your body demands payback for the calories it was deprived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do Diet Foods Lead to Weight Gain? | 8/8/2007 | See Source »

...Payback comes in the form of loyalty and gratitude from employees like Paula Cavallaro, a Citizens trust administrator. Already the parents of Amanda, 12, Cavallaro and her husband had "talked and talked" about adopting another child. The Cavallaros received $10,000 from Citizens to adopt Anny, 13, from Colombia last summer (employees receive more for special-needs adoptions). "We would still have done it, but having the benefit just made it so much easier," says Cavallaro, 48. "I will always, always, always be grateful for the help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adapting to Adoption | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

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