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Certainly, there are common traits, say the authors. Central to understanding today's superwealthy (average age: 47) is recognizing their essentially middle-class mind-set. Less than 5% inherited their wealth. In fact, say the authors, "they are undeniable proof that the American Dream of unrestricted social mobility in a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Books | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

There is a need for a book that sees into the soul of Barack Obama, that measures the strength of his convictions and explains why he seems to be so good at telling people what they long to hear. The Obama Nation is not that book. It reads like the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skimmer | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

That's a pretty quick step from an election to nirvana, and Obama's opponents would like to turn such oratory against him. No one does it more effectively than radio host Rush Limbaugh, with his judo-master sense for his foes' vulnerabilities. Limbaugh rarely refers to Obama by his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Five Faces of Barack Obama | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

It's midnight, but Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili is just hitting his stride. In an interview in the fortress-like presidential residence on a hill in downtown Tbilisi, dressed in a blue suit and light blue silk tie, he fields questions in French and English, trades text messages with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: Georgia's President Keeps Firing | 8/20/2008 | See Source »

Granted, there are 630 million of them. But practically everywhere you looked during these Beijing Games, there was another Chinese woman - and a few girls - with a gold medal slung around her neck. By Aug. 19, China's female Olympians had captured 23 of the country's 43 golds, nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Women Spark a Gold Rush | 8/19/2008 | See Source »

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