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...when in a state of war it kills fighting enemies. In principle, when a country is attacked, it can choose among three ways: it can indiscriminately kill the "others," it can turn its other cheek to its enemies, or it can fight back against those who carry weapons. I prefer not to fight at all, but if there is a war I definitely prefer the last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Israel Have A Right To Assassinate Leaders Of The Palestinian Intifadeh? | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

...profoundly affecting story about a bright black kid?s first brushes with bigotry, in a fifth novel from the award- winning author of ?The Multicultiboho Show.? It?s 1962, early July, in sizzling, smoldering North Philly - no place for a 12-year-old African-American who happens to prefer Agatha Christie to street fighting. Every summer Edward Massey?s working-class parents, fiercely protective, hustle him out of town and down to Rehoboth Beach, where his Aunt Edna runs a thriving restaurant/boardinghouse. Well, not Rehoboth Beach exactly, Jim Crow being what it was back then, but rather West Rehoboth, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Galley Girl: The Packinghouse Edition | 9/7/2001 | See Source »

That is a sign of the women's power and popularity. A recent USA Today poll showed that 75% of tennis fans prefer the women's game. Its TV ratings are routinely higher than the men's. Forbes Celebrity 100 list, which tabulates fame in America, includes five women's tennis players: Kournikova, No. 54; Venus, 57; Hingis, 65; Serena, 71; Davenport, 72. No other sport, male or female, has as many on the list. Non-tennis fans know Hingis, Kournikova, the Williamses, Capriati, Seles and maybe Davenport. The No. 1-rated male player is named Gustavo Kuerten. Seriously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power Game | 9/3/2001 | See Source »

...that octogenarians--nearly 30% of whom suffer from Alzheimer's--are the fastest growing segment of society. More Americans are doing advanced planning, with living trusts and durable powers of attorney for health and wealth, to spell out who should take over when they have lost capacity. Many would prefer to have others take charge of their affairs a little at a time as needed, rather than all at once. That's the intent of the customized conservatorship that Hankin designs for clients--facilitated by the terms of a pioneering state law that he helped craft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If You Fear Losing It | 9/3/2001 | See Source »

...Hoyer hopes that message will resonate. He's in the running to be his party?s House whip - and he'd much prefer it to be majority whip than minority whip. Right now, Republicans hold a slim lead in that chamber, but only a half dozen seats have to switch in 2002 to give Democrats control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Dems and the GOP Spin the Shrinking Surplus | 8/28/2001 | See Source »

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