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...China, yellow France, and multi-coloured Canada. They’ve been indulged by pinko leftist faculty, who spout drivel about “global citizenship” and “internationalism.” They are international students, and if this university is to reclaim its proper place atop American society, they must be purged without delay...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg | Title: Blame Canada | 9/28/2007 | See Source »

...Salt Lake City. He had been a top student, something of a computer geek, who trained as an accountant and liked to sing and write songs. But he was a stern headmaster, canceling an annual snow-sculpture contest because it smacked of idolatry. Doe recalled his lessons about proper conduct. Girls and boys were to treat each other "as though they were snakes," she said. "There was nothing permitted romantically." Leaving the matchmaking up to the prophet "frees you completely from all the terrible mistakes girls can make," Jeffs said. His motto: Perfect obedience produces perfect faith, which produces perfect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Polygamy Paradox | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

...which a re-energized nation would claim its rightful place on the global stage. The 52-year-old vowed to repair relations with Asian neighbors still wounded by Japan's wartime aggression and aimed to transform the nation's military from a limited self-defense force into a proper army. It was an ambitious agenda that, if successful, would have reminded East Asia that China would not be able to determine the region's future alone. After its lost postbubble decade, Japan, Abe seemed to be saying - with the most developed economy in Asia and with mature democratic institutions - would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fade Away | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

...Bush deplaned, he was greeted by an honor guard on the tarmac. We were taken to an auditorium while Bush met the base commander and troops elsewhere on the grounds. When I tried to leave the building to look around, some courteous airmen said I didn't have the proper clearance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Diego Garcia | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

...especially during a spear tackle. "The newer helmets are not going to significantly change the stress the neck sees as a result of a top-of-the-head blow," Andrew Tucker, team doctor for the Baltimore Ravens, says. "Right now, the prevention of these types of injuries lies in proper tackling technique. That's much more important than anything we can do on the equipment side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Football Too Dangerous? | 9/11/2007 | See Source »

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