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The court's ruling reminds us also that all language - in any language - is context. NCAA basketball coach Bobby Knight once declared the "F" word the "most expressive" in the English language, which he says can communicate anger, surprise, dismay and so on. In Italy, vulgar expressions are used rather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Va Fangul!... And Have a Nice Day | 7/17/2007 | See Source »

Imagine my surprise, then, when option C (the Beijing Olympics) bombed in the southwestern province of Yunnan. Thousands of kilometers away from Beijing, Yunnan is home to members of nearly half of China's 56 ethnic groups. Culturally, many of the province's citizens have more in common with their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mountain Is High, and Beijing Is Far Away | 7/17/2007 | See Source »

Against that backdrop, the rise of Erdogan's AKP did not at first seem a serious threat. Its landslide victory in 2002 caught many by surprise, but even that victory was chalked up to a protest vote against the incompetence of established political parties, notably the secularist Republican People's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turkey's Great Divide | 7/12/2007 | See Source »

China, home of the Great Wall, is a crowded country where bigger is usually viewed as better, so it's no surprise that retail-property developers seem to be trying to outdo each other with giant construction projects. The mainland already hosts the world's largest shopping center, the 7...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aspirational Hazard | 7/12/2007 | See Source »

Outside the airport, though, the illusion evaporates. For a start, the distance between the terminal and the parking lot is at least a hundred yards. No surprise there. On the average these days there is a suicide car-bombing a day in and around Kabul. The Taliban started firing rockets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Awaiting Takeoff in Afghanistan | 7/12/2007 | See Source »

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