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...hardly seems the perfect candidate for a Muslim-majority democracy. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim spent six years in jail, charged with corruption and sodomy. Earlier this year, he was again slapped with a sex charge when a male former aide accused the 61-year-old politician of rape. But on Aug. 26 Malaysia's most charismatic politician completed a stunning political comeback by winning a parliamentary seat in a by-election in his home state of Penang. "It's a signal that the people are ready for change, and that they believe only Anwar can make that change," says Bridget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moment | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

...back to the oldest of all political life stories: the one about being born in a log cabin. Rising from poverty to within grasp of being President clearly does say something admirable both about you and about the country where this can happen. Obama's story is a near perfect 21st century updating of the log-cabin myth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Everybody Knows the Trouble I've Seen | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

...17th century canalside buildings were charging hugely inflated rents to the sole group of tenants willing to pay them: brothel managers. Buildings were bought and sold within weeks at steep profits, leading officials to conclude that millions of euros were being pumped through the area with little oversight - a perfect environment for large-scale money laundering. Police also say that more and more prostitutes now work for pimps, in violation of Dutch laws that require them to work independently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vice Versa: Amsterdam Cleans Up | 8/27/2008 | See Source »

...measuring learning or what goes on in the classroom," Morse said. "So, our rankings are not perfect, but we think an aggregation of our data using our methodology is a road to measuring the merits of an institution...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Tops Princeton, But Students Dismiss Rankings | 8/25/2008 | See Source »

...It’s probably impossible to find a better person for this position,” Aizenberg said. “My feeling is that he is just a perfect candidate for the interim dean—and in fact, maybe for the dean of SEAS...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama and June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Veteran Spaepen To Serve as Interim Dean of Harvard Engineering School | 8/23/2008 | See Source »

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