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...within a secular constitution encroachments were made, blatantly, openly, by [advocates of Islamic law]. Obasanjo fell down flat on this. He was very ill-advised. The World Cup is playing right now here in Berlin. Are you going to a match? Most certainly not. I like my peace and quiet whenever I can grab...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Wole Soyinka | 6/18/2006 | See Source »

...your estimate. Even if you've just built in bookshelves or added a garden, Zillow has a space to input that as well. At RealEstateABC.com, you can adjust the site's valuation by noting whether your house has a better than average view, or if your street is particularly quiet. Just over half of the country's 85 million single-family homes have Zillow estimates, and the site employs statisticians to refine its formula for calculating home prices. The valuation the site suggests won't necessarily determine your offering price, but it should give you a helpful ballpark figure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Web Tips for Home Sellers | 6/12/2006 | See Source »

...silence it. Dozens of times in the past three years, I have sat with insurgent leaders, listening to their bombastic pronouncements and boastful tales of "victorious battles" against U.S. forces, complete with verbal sound effects of gunfire and explosions. On such occasions, there was only one sure way to quiet them down: ask about al-Zarqawi. Suddenly, they would begin talking in hushed tones, almost whispers--as if saying his name out loud might conjure him like a malevolent spirit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War On Terror: The Apostle Of Hate | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

...security operations. Competitors warn that a ship this big can spoil a cruise destination. "Some ports just won't support 4,000 guests," says Bill Smith, vice president of Crystal Cruises, whose ships have no more than 1,000 passengers. "At that size, you'll no longer have quiet beaches and romantic restaurants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Whale of a Boat | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

...read over the shoulder of the guy in front of me: "I saw Markos and Atrios wandering around looking for food." As the men behind the nation's two most influential liberal blogs - dailykos.com and atrios.blogspot.com - Markos Moulitsas Zuniga and Duncan Black draw interested stares, small crowds and quiet, admiring gossip from the bloggers, lurkers and activists gathered here at the Riviera. They are the Brangelina of Yearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Ambitious Pols Make Their Pilgrimage to Yearly Kos | 6/9/2006 | See Source »

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