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...success than a sign of failure." But public opinion, at first evenly divided on the Iraq mission, turned steadily against it. Now only 300 Australian troops - mostly military bureaucrats and guards - will stay in the country. Another 17,000 soldiers from 26 nations remain alongside the 168,000-strong U.S. force...
Clinton's run has exposed a divide between what could be termed optimist and pessimist feminists. It's a split between those who see Clinton's candidacy as groundbreaking--as the first of many serious runs by strong women--and those who count backward to Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 and conclude that this kind of opportunity comes along only once in a generation. For this latter group, Clinton's candidacy took on a pressing urgency: If not now, when...
...microwaves on credit, but as lending to poor people has gone mainstream, certain markets, like Mexico, have been flooded with loans that have nothing to do with providing capital to aspiring entrepreneurs--just racking up household debt. That's especially worrisome, since most developing countries don't have strong consumer-protection laws. "Everyone has realized you can make money," says Damian von Stauffenberg, principal of MicroRate, which evaluates microfinance firms. "Before, no one who wanted to get rich quick was going into microfinance. Suddenly you have loan-sharking operations assuming the microfinance mantle...
...June 10 Miss You Oughta Know's first album since her ex-fiancé got engaged to Scarlett Johansson is, naturally, confessional ("I miss ... the thought of us bringing up our kids"). It takes a hard heart not to be moved by Morissette alone at her piano--but a strong ear to love producer Guy Sigsworth's New Agey indulgences. A mixed bag if ever there...
Widely considered the greatest French couturier of his generation, Yves Saint Laurent, who died June 1 in Paris at age 71, was also credited with democratizing fashion and empowering women with his strong, sexy silhouettes. He famously brought the vernacular of the street to high-fashion runways--with motorcycle jackets, peacoats and berets--and put women in men's clothing, specifically the tuxedo, or Le Smoking. Inspired by artists like Mondrian, Picasso and Matisse, he aimed to make women look beautiful and feel confident. He did both effortlessly. Born in Algeria, Saint Laurent went to work for Christian Dior...