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Foreign affairs seem particularly apt to bring out a presidential capacity for hypocrisy. Kindly William McKinley, who used U.S. troops to suppress the fledgling Philippine republic in 1898, said he had prayerfully searched his soul before deciding it was his duty to "civilize and Christianize" the Filipinos. Theodore Roosevelt, who encouraged an insurrection in the Colombian province of Panama so that he could build a canal through it, liked to consult with Attorney General Philander Knox about the legality of his various aggressions, but Knox was not the sternest of critics. "Ah, Mr. President," he asked on one occasion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Devilish Doctrine of Deniability | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

...couldn't be certain she had been penetrated, Nifong dropped rape charges against the three students, leaving kidnapping and sexual offense charges intact. The next court hearings are scheduled for February, where the accuser may be asked to identify the defendants personally, and to hear a defense motion to suppress the accuser's original identification, which was made from multiple photo lineups that only included players...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Duke DA Guilty As Charged? | 12/30/2006 | See Source »

...world have faced. "The three biggest issues in pediatric AIDS treatment have been adherence, adherence, adherence," says Dr. Katherine Luzuriaga, professor of pediatrics at University of Massachusetts Medical School. "Studies have shown that patients have to be over 95% adherent in taking their medications in order to continue to suppress their virus. One of the biggest issues overseas is going to be making sure the medical infrastructure and personnel are trained not only to administer the drugs but to conduct the follow up that's necessary to keeping these drugs effective...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making AIDS Drugs Available to Kids in the Developing World | 12/1/2006 | See Source »

...late to do any good. Indeed, hindsight suggests that "Too Little, Too Late" might be a more appropriate title for what the Pentagon christened Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lacking sufficient troops and armor to calm Iraq following the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, U.S. troops were unable to suppress the insurgency that has percolated for three years. Now, with the addition of Shi'ite and Sunni militias fighting for control of Baghdad, the U.S. military doesn't have the firepower, or, it seems, the stomach to launch a battle for control of the Iraqi capital. Given the current situation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Iraq Bleeds, the U.S. Policy Cupboard is Bare | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...live in Russia as well." Yet she's sure there will be a backlash. "Society will respond. Some counterweight to this lunacy must emerge, be it in the shape of a new dissident movement, or other forms we don't yet discern. The authorities will as inevitably seek to suppress this movement cruelly and brutally. But suppression will only promote its growth, all the fears notwithstanding." [an error occurred while processing this directive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dissident Voices | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

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