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...would be a major upset for 98th-ranked Armenia to prevail. While Turkey is a soccer-mad nation (some 5,000 fans are traveling to the match on special visas issued by the Armenian government ) organizers are hoping that the two sides will keep their passions on the pitch. As for embracing the opposing side after the match, all eyes are likely to be on the presidential box. The presidents, in this case, will lead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Soccer Heal Turkey-Armenia Rift? | 9/5/2008 | See Source »

...education to improve our environment," he notes toward the end of his tuition plea, which explains that AccessHybrid is an organization he set up to help college and vocational students buy fuel-efficient cars. "I found the work incrediably [sic] satisfying," he adds in what would have been a pitch-perfect letter, had he bothered to run a spell-check. (To see the evolution of the college dorm room click here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An E-Mail Plea: Help Pay My Tuition! | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...plant. The farmers say they were not adequately compensated for their land and allege that in some cases, the sales were forced. They and their political supporters are demanding 400 acres back. The issue has been smoldering for almost two years, but the protests reached an intense pitch last month, until finally on Sept. 2, Chairman Ratan Tata decided that he could not keep running a factory under police protection. He announced that production at Singur would halt indefinitely, and the company would look for a new site in another state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The People vs. the People's Car | 9/3/2008 | See Source »

...Vinci Code will bring built-in audiences. Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen's follow-up to Borat, may pique some interest, as should Pixar's Up. Still missing from the slate is anything to capture that female-over-40 Mamma Mia! spirit. Madonna, perhaps now's the time to pitch your jukebox musical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Summer Box Office: Good, Not Great | 8/29/2008 | See Source »

...Passed Over" implies that his Democratic opponent didn't choose Clinton to be his running mate because he couldn't handle her "truth"-telling, while another features a "proud Hillary Clinton Democrat" declaring her intention to support McCain in the fall. Rumors of intraparty strife reached such a fever pitch Monday morning, including talk that Bill Clinton was upset about the appointed topic (national security) of his speech, that the Obama and Clinton camps issued a joint statement stressing their unity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How United Are the Democrats? | 8/25/2008 | See Source »

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