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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Your writer essentially says that Obama tells each of his supporters what they want to hear from him, regardless of whether he actually shares their beliefs. A great leader, as Obama claims to be, would not grovel for political advantage. A great leader should tell us what he deeply and sincerely believes we need to hear, even at the risk of losing the acclaim of the masses. Lucia Ion, PLANO, TEXAS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...When Sookie reads people's minds, they speak in complete sentences. This last is a mechanical failure (that's not how people think, just how we're used to hearing it on TV) and an artistic one. In HBO's great dramas, unlike most TV, the characters don't tell you exactly what they're thinking. Was the world dying for an HBO show with no subtext? Take away the graphic sex, and True Blood could air on USA Network...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Undead on Arrival | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...life and its destination." What's interesting about Wright is that he doesn't have to be Tolkien or Lucas or Kubrick. He wants you to be. "I'm a little different from a lot of other game designers in that I'm never interested in trying to tell a story," he explains. "I'm much more interested in the players being able to tell stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spore: The Sims Plays God | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...airpower summary" has been deemed a success. In July, B-1 bombers began striking Afghan targets with 500-lb. bombs guided to their prey by a new targeting pod slung under the plane's belly. Known as the Sniper, the pod sends long-range, high-resolution video--it can tell whether an Afghan on the ground is armed--right into the cockpit. Such weapons systems allow the U.S. military to rain steel on the Taliban from on high, even when troops aren't in the area. The Pentagon doesn't release statistics of the insurgents killed, but the military regards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghan Civilian Deaths: A Rising Toll | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...soon to tell whether this business model will work. Meanwhile, Stephenson is taking a slightly different route. Instead of promising to repay the money, the future sociology major is trying to motivate givers by offering them a souvenir. "If you will send me $2.50 in the next week or so, I will send you a piece of my graduation gown," he promises, in a kind of collegiate variation on relics of the cross. "For $3.50, you get a piece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An E-Mail Plea: Help Pay My Tuition! | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

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