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...social spending and limits on bank withdrawals brought down the government of President Fernando de la Rua and left 28 dead. Argentina then engaged in the politics of a comic opera, with three men holding the title of head of state in less than two weeks, before Duhalde was sworn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Argentina Blew Its Big Chance | 1/14/2002 | See Source »

...thought Argentina, with its five Presidents in two weeks, was confusing. Because of a quirk in New Jersey's constitution, that state will have four Governors in nine days this month. Governor Donald DiFrancesco will step down on Jan. 8, when the new legislature is sworn in. But Governor-elect Jim McGreevey will not take office until Jan. 15. State law decrees that in the interim the post must be filled by the senate president. But because the senate is evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, the leader of each party will run the state for three days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CEO Race: Jersey vs. Argentina | 1/14/2002 | See Source »

...will soon be dead. He may be killed by U.S. forces who find his lair, or he may meet his death in the rubble of a bomb blast. Perhaps his end will come at the hands of those closest to him; bin Laden's bodyguards are said to have sworn to kill their leader rather than let him be captured. The precise form of bin Laden's death is of little significance. What matters is that on earth he be denied a martyr's crown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Make A Martyr Of Him | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...toward the day when two states - Israel and Palestine - live peacefully together within secure and recognized borders as called for by the Security Council resolutions," he said. "We will do all in our power to bring both parties back into negotiations. But peace will only come when all have sworn off forever incitement, violence and terror...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mideast Conflict Haunts Bush's U.N. Address | 11/10/2001 | See Source »

...McVeigh's execution was delayed when it emerged that case documents had not been handed over to his attorneys during trial. On the day of his swearing in, Mueller must have hoped for a few months to get up to speed and start making changes. Too bad he was sworn in on Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Federal Bureau Of Investigation: For a Different Game, Make Different Rules | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

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