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...season again for working parents to brace themselves and shudder as the latest study on child care lands in the headlines to stoke their quiet fears. But not just theirs. Last week's survey, funded by the National Institutes of Health and the largest ever on the subject, had something awful for just about everyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Kids (Really) Need | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...that has all the appearances of an atrocity against Vietnamese civilians. And the revelations, both through Kerrey's own shifting recollections and the even more damning account offered up by one of the men he commanded that fateful night at Thanh Phong in the Mekong Delta, look set to stoke the fires of anguish over a war that continues to haunt America to this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bob Kerrey's Mission Impossible | 4/27/2001 | See Source »

...season again for working parents to brace themselves and shudder as the latest study on child care lands in the headlines to stoke their quiet fears. But not just theirs. Last week's survey, funded by the National Institutes of Health and the largest ever on the subject, had something awful for just about everyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Kids (Really) Need | 4/22/2001 | See Source »

...Perhaps because he's unlikely to get an international force to protect Palestinians, he may accept the idea of a cease-fire. The other option is to stoke things up to the point that there?s so much military against Palestinians that his chances improve of getting an international force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Sharon Hopes to Force Arafat to Submit | 3/30/2001 | See Source »

...other committee Democrats, used a perfectly legal but intentionally frustrating stall tactic, asking for an extra week to consider Ashcroft's nomination before calling a committee vote. The stay conveniently provides Dems with a chance to dig up more information on the nominee, which they hope will in turn stoke the flames of support for a filibuster, which some Democrats, notably Edward Kennedy, consider a real possibility once the nomination reaches the Capitol floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Did Dems Stall Ashcroft Nomination? | 1/24/2001 | See Source »

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