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But in the short run, Asia is finding itself powerless to adjust quickly to the swift, steep decline in trade, which is not limited to U.S. exports. Trade among Asian countries is also plummeting, because much of this intraregional commerce is indirectly dependent upon Western consumption. A high proportion of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Losing Traction | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

Sadly, that Utopian scenario will arrive around the same time as the flying car. Meanwhile, my waistline is expanding in proportion to the national debt. A recent checkup confirmed my worst suspicions: I'm borderline everything, from diabetes to elephantiasis. Luckily, there's a raft of new gadgets on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pocket-Size Personal Trainers | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

The crowd, as is tradition, repeatedly came to its feet. They cheered collectively when Obama spoke again of an "America that does not quit" and when he called on his countrymen to be "something worthy to be remembered." They cheered when he predicted, as others had before him, a "cure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Gives Team America a Pep Talk | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

Residents demanded regular reports detailing Harvard’s property holdings and plans for finding tenants. While Gordon said that 85 percent of Harvard’s leasable property is occupied, he was unable to provide a specific definition of “leasable” and could not say...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan and Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Allston Dwellers Fault Harvard | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

The lopsided statistic startled Russia. At the end of 2008, news reports said that 28% of all pending claims to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) had been brought by Russian citizens against the Russian Federation. While several elements contributed to the statistic (Russia's large population in proportion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Russians Go for Justice: France | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

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