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The rhetorical use of the word war is familiar and powerful. The war on poverty. The war on cancer. The war on drugs. But the literal use of the word war - as President Bush has been using it, as well as the media - is something we're not used to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is War Really the Right Word? | 9/15/2001 | See Source »

But the President's use of the word war is rhetorical as well, although he would probably choose to disagree with that assertion. For the war of which he is speaking is not World War or Vietnam or "Saving Private Ryan" - struggles that we understand and that he seems to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is War Really the Right Word? | 9/15/2001 | See Source »

“Never did laundry at home? Why start now?” HSA Cleaners asks on its website. At first glance the slogan appears to be a rhetorical question. But while HSA Cleaners might not expect an answer, there are plenty of answers to give.

Author: By Judd B. Kessler, | Title: Editor's Notebook: Do Your Laundry | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

Apparently, I am not a very good person. During my annual visit to San Francisco?s ballpark, I catcall the newly muscled Barry as he stands in the outfield. I holler at him, make loud choking noises, yell rhetorical questions: "Hey Barry, nice one! Why couldn?t you play like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barry-ing the Hatchet With Mr. Bonds | 9/7/2001 | See Source »

But it will not remain silent forever. Inevitably, the Internet will carry rumors that China's big four banks?the Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and the Agricultural Bank of China?are in trouble. "That's when the revolution will begin," Chang writes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Queued Up for Collapse | 9/3/2001 | See Source »

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