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...often - he had a great hit rate - Safire columns were just tremendously good fun, full of wordplay, some of it groan-inducing, much of it sheer enjoyment. That is depressingly rare. Not for Safire the cloddish metaphors, arch constructions, one-sentence paragraphs and dreary wonkery that are the stock in trade of too many modern American columnists. He was of that generation of inky-fingered wretches who remember that it isn't a sin for journalism to entertain - indeed, that one way you can get across a point about which you feel passionately is to make people smile while they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: William Safire: Pundit, Provocateur, Penman | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...they and their ancestors had never known. Chinese state and society have also reconnected with the past, emphasizing Confucian and Buddhist values. More than 200 million people have been lifted out of poverty and the members of a growing middle class with disposable income travel abroad, invest in the stock market, dine out and decorate their stylish apartments with furniture purchased from stores like Ikea. Access to education has become far more widespread. Some 21 million students attend university today, while an estimated 300,000 study abroad every year. Approximately 206 million Chinese children attend primary and secondary schools. Basic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China at 60: The Road to Prosperity | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...world economy is showing signs of recovery, stock markets are soaring and bankers are again awarding themselves big bonuses. But one year after the financial conflagration that devastated Wall Street and burned financial institutions around the globe, the main firefighters - central bankers, market regulators and government policymakers - continue to struggle with a central question: How do we prevent it from happening again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Braking the Banks | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...world leaders take stock in Pittsburgh, there'll be a plethora of issues on the table aimed at making the world's finances more stable, transparent and resilient. Here's TIME's guide to four of the initiatives deemed most important to this effort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Braking the Banks | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...Union. They outlined a new "core" Europe in which France and Germany would make up the inner "core of the core." The French never formally replied to that proposal. That was "a mistake," says Jean-Pierre Jouyet, the former French Minister for European Affairs who now heads the national stock-market regulatory agency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can France and Germany Fall in Love Again? | 9/26/2009 | See Source »

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