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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...remarks appear to suggest a shift in tone from only days earlier, when Gates had called on Crowley, the officer who had arrested him, to "beg my forgiveness." Gates, who had also publicly flirted with the idea of filing a lawsuit against police over the encounter, said in a television interview on Tuesday that "this [incident] has just to do with human relations between a man who did something terribly wrong and then lied about...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tempering Demands for Apology, Gates Accepts Obama Beer Offer | 7/25/2009 | See Source »

...Moderates began stomping furiously on the brakes almost as soon as the legislation appeared to pick up speed. Some are freshmen from Western states, like Jared Polis of Colorado and Dina Titus of Nevada; their victories in 2008, part of a possible regional shift in favor of the Democrats, could be erased next year if polls continue to turn against new taxes and mammoth spending plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Blue Dogs Are Slowing Health-Care Reform | 7/24/2009 | See Source »

...immediately register when two House Democrats introduce legislation on July 23 aimed at reducing abortion rates. But regardless of whether their bill succeeds or fails, the broad array of supporters behind it represents a dramatic break from nearly four decades of post-Roe politics. (Read "Understanding America's Shift on Abortion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finding Common Ground on an Abortion Bill | 7/23/2009 | See Source »

...recovery while the global economy remains weak. "There is close to a zero possibility that the Chinese government will do anything this year that constitutes tightening," says Andy Rothman, a Shanghai-based economist for the brokerage CLSA. "The recovery is only in its early stages." And without a major shift in thinking, the easy-money conditions will stay in place - so even if there's no bubble now, there's a good chance one may be forming. In a global economy that has produced more dramatic ups and downs than anyone thought possible over the past two years, Asia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia's Easy-Money Policies: Fueling New Bubbles? | 7/23/2009 | See Source »

...member board, chaired by former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, says that without strategic direction and clear priorities on issues like security and energy, the Bulgarian state could face populist revolts. And that instability "could undo the ties between the E.U. and Bulgaria, prompting a shift toward Russian political and economic interests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could the E.U. Lose Bulgaria to Russia? | 7/22/2009 | See Source »

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