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...spite of all the efforts by western governments and Western news media to shield Pakistan from being branded "terror center" of the world, the facts just keep saying otherwise [Aug. 21]. It is understandable that the U.S. would want Pakistan to deal with the monster it has created. But sooner or later Western nations will have to get involved in that nation's internal affairs. Pakistan continues to be the cesspool of terrorism, and only direct intervention by the West is going to eradicate that threat. Suresh Sheth Houston I'm appalled by ungrateful young Muslims living in foreign lands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Daily Hell of Baghdad | 9/16/2006 | See Source »

...this pace. Social Studies is on a plateau right now, maybe even heading towards a downward slope. It has become a complacent concentration—waiting for good students who flock to it. A supposed complaint from Gov is that Social Studies takes the good students away. But sooner or later, its stalled reforms will catch up with it.Moreover, don’t take Social Studies if you want the school’s attention or spotlight. Despite being the fifth largest concentration, it still suffers from a lack of faculty and funding (maybe that’s why it?...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Social Studies | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...Bombarded by doomsday obesity messages, however, people may expect that, sooner or later, the trend of rising weight will start chipping into average life expectancy. But here's another evidentiary problem for those beating the obesity drum: life expectancy in Australia is slated to go on increasing for at least another half-century. According to ABS projections, an average 50-year-old in 2051 will live to age 87; an average woman to 89. These represent increases of six and 4.5 years respectively on projections for the current crop of 50-year-olds. So how should we reconcile apparently being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bent Out of Shape | 9/11/2006 | See Source »

...find it tempting to engage in terrorism in the trying periods of apartheid, slavery, colonialism and the civil-rights movement. It's time Western societies recognize an excuse when they see one; otherwise, the threatening boast of the mullahs-the forced Islamization of the West-will become a reality sooner than anyone can imagine. Boma Gogo Bonny Island, Nigeria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/11/2006 | See Source »

...comfortable with, who is patriotic, good and deserves to be elected, I would definitely quit in his favor." That's hard to imagine, both because of Karzai's ambitions and because the country's survival depends on the international support that only Karzai can guarantee. But sooner or later, both will run out. Karzai's biggest test, and his country's, will come when he is gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Inside Look at Hamid Karzai's Rising Woes | 9/10/2006 | See Source »

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