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...hard blowhard"), is "the ex-athlete who can't let go." Gossage's rank dismissal of the talent ("The pitchers can't pitch") and fortitude ("The game is getting really soft") of today's players, as well as the character of younger baseball writers ("They don't have any respect for the game"), is destructive nostalgia, experts say. "If you look back, far into history, there is evidence of people having this tendency [to trumpet the good old days] for generations and generations and generations," says Lisa Libby, a psychology professor at Ohio State University and co-author...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Battle For the Ages | 3/27/2006 | See Source »

Despite such conciliatory rhetoric from some Iranian officials, it is likely that many of the mullahs still dream of a robust nuclear program--if Iran had the capacity to make a bomb, it would get the respect it deserves. That conforms with Iran's self-image as a nation whose glorious past and potential greatness are undermined by implacable enemies such as the U.S. According to experts inside and outside the country, the regime sees bargaining over its nuclear rights as a way to recast the strategic balance in the region in Iran's favor, to gain stature and recognition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Iran Get The Bomb? | 3/26/2006 | See Source »

Archaeologists are arguing for the legal right to study the bones, and Native Americans are insisting on their right to respectfully bury them. Which takes precedence, scientific research or religious sensitivity? Can scientists delve into a lost past without defiling sacred remains? Both groups' respect for the past can be a springboard for compromise. Surely there is a means by which scientists can study the remains of Kennewick Man that the tribes agree is respectful. All remains and relics can then be honored in a way Native Americans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 3, 2006 | 3/26/2006 | See Source »

Sullivan captured the thoughts of many Republicans and Democrats. His honesty deserves respect, but we wish that our President had spoken those words to us citizens, as well as to the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 3, 2006 | 3/26/2006 | See Source »

...Lindsay Lohan fit in with you and Meryl on the Prairie Home Companion set? Meryl mothered her. If she came late, Meryl told her, "This is Bob Altman. You have to give him the respect he deserves." When Meryl and I would walk to the set, there would be teenagers prostrate on the sidewalk chanting "Lindsay! Lindsay!" We would have to kick them to the side. I'd point to Meryl and say, "Do you know who this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 3, 2006 | 3/26/2006 | See Source »

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