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Memorial Day was designed to honor dead soldiers; the other 364 belong to the living. Of the private efforts there is much to be proud, for they reflect the best traditions of the country the soldiers are fighting for. But the holes they are patching reveal a system in tatters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Care of Our Vets | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

Which means that American policy in Lebanon is now in tatters. The U.S. has tried almost everything in its efforts to de-fang Hizballah: designating it a terrorist organization; securing a UN Security Council resolution calling for it to disarm; encouraging Israel to invade Lebanon in 2006; and finally, pushing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Blitz, Hizballah Runs Beirut | 5/10/2008 | See Source »

Burma's government originally estimated the cyclone killed 10,000 people in Bogolay and the surrounding area, but I saw no dead bodies on the road to the city or in Bogalay itself. I saw no funerals. While the place is in tatters, the death toll may be greater in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aid Not Reaching Burmese | 5/9/2008 | See Source »

Felicity threw her tawdry romance novel to the floor with a furious exclamation. She had to stop reading such filth. It was in the poorest of taste, and besides, she had not been able to read past the first line all morning. Her hands shook. She had been worrying the...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE STABLE BOY | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

Even if he avoids jail, what can he do after this humiliation? Once touted as a potential presidential candidate, Spitzer must try to repair a career in tatters. "I go forward with the belief, as others have said, that as human beings, our greatest glory consists not of never falling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Perilous Future of Eliot Spitzer | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

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