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When Famile Arslan showed up for her first day of work, the receptionist pointed her toward the broom closet. "'The cleaning supplies are over there,'" Arslan recalls being told. "I had to say, 'No, I'm not the cleaner. I'm the lawyer.'" In fairness to the receptionist, Arslan was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking Through | 1/30/2008 | See Source »

Those who will continue to search for reasons why McCain can't win the Republican nomination are starting to resemble that skeptical bit character in horror films - the one who refuses to believe that the monster is real. He's the one, it should be pointed out, who usually gets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain Disproves the Doubters | 1/30/2008 | See Source »

The Iraq withdrawal contretemps, it turned out, was just the start of a nasty last few days of campaigning. The two traded especially pointed barbs Monday, with Romney trying to capitalize on McCain's historic willingness to work with Democrats and an alleged McCain quote-that he has since denied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is McCain Fighting a Losing Battle? | 1/28/2008 | See Source »

Tasked only with rendering the Chadian punishment compatible with French law, the Créteil court in Paris pointed out in a statement that it wasn't mandated to reexamine the case evidence or the guilty verdict handed down in Chad's capital, N'Djamena. That controversial judgment, issued on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: French Aid Workers Sentenced | 1/28/2008 | See Source »

At least four factors are driving turnout: wide-open races for both party's nominations, the historic candidacies of both a black man and a woman, a general concern about the direction of the country and rising economic anxiety. Michael McDonald, a political scientist at George Mason University who studies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats' Turnout Triumph | 1/25/2008 | See Source »

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