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The new political plan is a major roll of the dice for Washington. The harsh reality of the escalating insurgency has forced the Bush administration to abandon its program for direct U.S. supervision of a slow and thorough transition to Iraqi democracy. Instead, sovereign authority and control of the transition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq Hand-Over Plan Faces Sharp Challenges | 11/19/2003 | See Source »

Self-interest motivates most human behavior, and therefore, it’s peculiar that liberal students would choose it as a target for their indignation. It’s even more peculiar, considering Adam Smith’s philosophy in The Wealth of Nations: “By pursuing his...

Author: By Luke Smith, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Self-Righteous Liberals at 19 | 10/14/2003 | See Source »

Though the first oil-sands plant, a small undertaking pioneered by Sun Oil Co., opened in 1967, it wasn't until the 1970s that Canada really got serious. Realizing that most oil companies would be reluctant to commit long-term money, the Alberta provincial government in 1974 launched the Alberta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asleep at the Switch | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

In St. Gallen, a conservative provincial town one hour east of Zurich, the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) had its campaign posters - bearing the caricatured features of a black man and the slogan the SWISS ARE THE NEGROES OF SWITZERLAND - all ready to go. But amid accusations of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sharp Turn To The Right? | 10/12/2003 | See Source »

Tobacconists are fuming over his new cigarette taxes, due to rise 40% by January. Medical workers are wary of his plans to overhaul France's health-care system. Actors and stagehands, outraged by his tightening of their unemployment benefits, shut down the summer culture season. Strikes by teachers and transport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can This Man Tame France? | 10/5/2003 | See Source »

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