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It's not quite "Who lost China?" - the mantra of Joe McCarthy's witch-hunt that began a purge of the State Department - but Newt Gingrich's attack on Foggy Bottom certainly matches McCarthy for hysteria. Indeed, if the (dare we say "disgraced"?) former Speaker of the House is to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Defense of State | 4/23/2003 | See Source »

As they sought to set up the most rudimentary kind of authority, U.S. and British officials confronted the challenge of detoxifying a 24-year tyranny. How could they know the good guys from the bad, know how far down the Baath Party ladder to purge, know which tribal leaders were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When The Cheering Stops | 4/21/2003 | See Source »

For now, Garner and his operation are a government-in-waiting--a few hundred former generals, aid workers and diplomats standing by in Kuwait, awaiting Saddam's defeat. Once that happens, they will cross the border to become the nerve center of postwar Iraq. Advance teams are ready to move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Governor-in-Waiting | 4/14/2003 | See Source »

And, don’t worry, Big Brother’s not watching. The central computers do not store information about where a particular student goes or uses his ID. Each of these systems has a purge cycle, and information about when and where an ID was swiped is destroyed...

Author: By C.e. Powe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: What's the 405? | 4/10/2003 | See Source »

If Zhang had the freedom?if the Chinese movie industry weren't in the business of (figuratively) chopping off directors' fingers?he might make films focusing on the triumphs and tragedies of the Cultural Revolution. The stories that move him most are those that show "humanity at its finest during...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing Safe | 12/15/2002 | See Source »

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