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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...base the least. While McCain spoke Thursday morning, Thompson did interviews with talk radio hosts who had gathered in Des Moines at the behest of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a group that supports a crackdown on illegal immigration. His new position on the issue is a substantial shift from last year, when Thompson said in a Fox News interview that it was not realistic to expel the roughly 12 million illegal immigrants who are here. "You're going to have to, in some way, work out a deal where they can have some aspirations of citizenship," he told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans Battle for Iowa Bronze | 12/27/2007 | See Source »

...keep America safe in the tumultuous years ahead. But they differ on emphasis. McCain hopes to focus Iowa's attention on his long involvement in war policy, both as a critic and supporter of the current military strategy in Iraq, which has shown recent gains. Giuliani hopes to shift the focus back to September 11, 2001, when he led New York City out of the smoky ruins of the World Trade Center. Thompson has pinned his campaign to his own charismatic tough-guy appeal, as the man ready to face both foreign enemies and domestic threats like immigration. "I would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans Battle for Iowa Bronze | 12/27/2007 | See Source »

When Rolls--which also made aircraft engines--went bust in 1971, the auto and aerospace units became separate companies. After a variety of owners, BMW took over. It now builds the cars at a plant in Sussex, England, operating one line and one shift that turns out four or five hand-built cars a day. The 550 employees include craftsmen--skilled cabinet- and saddlemakers, for example. Most Rolls are made to order; on average, customers pay $20,000 to have their car customized. The company is adding a second line next year and a second shift in 2009 to handle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Rolls-Royce Got Its Rebound | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

...Canadian banks predict commodity prices will fall more as the U.S. economy cools, landing the loonie somewhere around 95 U.S. cents at the end of 2008. But few predict a return to the low, low loonie levels that Canadians knew just one year ago, and that means the structural shift in Canada's economy - with growing differences between sectors and between geographic regions - seems set to continue. "It's almost like a tale of two economies," says Douglas Porter, deputy chief economist at BMO Capital Markets, "and I think that stark divergence will continue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Loonie Takes Off in Canada | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

...push for sustainable dishes is much more than a health foodie’s cause or a produce connoisseur’s obsession, and the shift towards local, seasonal, and organic college dining is becoming increasingly common. But why should we, busy Harvard students, care about the origin of a chickpea or the homeland of a grapefruit...

Author: By Molly M. Strauss | Title: So Fresh and So Green, Green | 12/17/2007 | See Source »

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