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Though many Americans were extremely disappointed by the President's backtracking on his original remarks regarding the actions of the Cambridge police, in reality, to arrest a man in his own house is, in fact, stupid--particularly if he is only angry and is nonthreatening. We as a country are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

Then, just as vehemently, there was a big fuss over the big fuss. Many people were given to observe that there were more important things to talk about. Several commentators pointed out that, in fact, the conflict was fake; nobody had come out, on the record, as being against the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michelle Obama: The Shorts Heard Round the World | 8/21/2009 | See Source »

The scalping is appropriately detailed, and several guns are pointed at the tender areas of adversaries. But this is a 2 1/2-hour war movie without a single scene on the front lines. No long tracking shots of soldiers in foxholes or marching across an open field with a chorus of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inglourious Basterds: Stalking History and Hitler | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

Although he wouldn't directly comment about what role contractors played in the program, he pointed out that under the guidelines of the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Agency is allowed to use contractors for intelligence analysis and collection. The CIA has declined to comment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Officials Defend CIA's Use of Contractors | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

Third, there's no guarantee that financial entities will be willing to sell assets at fire-sale prices. With the federal government and Federal Reserve offering bailouts, many don't have guns pointed at their heads forcing them to pull the trigger on distressed assets.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New REITs Pounce on Distressed Mortgage Assets | 8/18/2009 | See Source »

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