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...hard times, we tend to be a little more thoughtful in our giving, and I think that will carry over to receiving too," he says. "Personally, I would love to think that this decrease in spending before Christmas leads to less excess waste that we need to get rid of afterward. It would mean we're achieving our mission completely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Psst, Santa, Have Your Elves Heard About Freecycling? | 12/20/2008 | See Source »

Tennessee Senator William Blount was the first person impeached - in a manner of speaking. In 1797, Congress found out that Blount had been conspiring with the British to take Florida and Louisiana from Spain, and the House immediately voted to impeach him. The Senate was so excited to get rid of Blount that it forgot to hold the trial and instead just voted him out of office. When the Senate realized its own error it was too late; the government couldn't decide to remove him from an office he no longer retained. Instead, the Senate cut its losses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Impeachment | 12/19/2008 | See Source »

...rid of Saddam, and as incomplete as that may be, it is the best we can do, even if we were to stay in Iraq for the next hundred years. Unless we stick to the withdrawal schedule like a Swiss train, the odds go up that something like Sunday's shoe-throwing incident will cascade into a situation far beyond our control - an Iraqi Nabatiyah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lesson of the Iraqi Shoe Thrower | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

...makeover when it was obvious to everyone outside the party that John McCain needed it more. As the year went on, people got even more entranced by risk, placing their roulette bets on green. Barack Obama picked Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State. Heidi married Spencer. Coors got rid of Zima...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year of Living Stupidly | 12/17/2008 | See Source »

...neighborhood. Just as important, the strategy had to involve all the relevant government agencies. Rats found on the edge of Central Park, for example, might be living in a nearby subway station and dining on garbage left on the sidewalk by a grocery store or restaurant. Getting rid of that rat population would require collaboration between the three city agencies that govern the subway, the park and the sidewalks - an endeavor that has gotten easier since the mayor's office set up the Rodent Task Force, which meets weekly to coordinate work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mapping the Rats in New York City | 12/15/2008 | See Source »

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