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...reforms? It has always been easier for the left to reform, but that's because the right has never taken its ideas to their conclusion. The best example was in 1995 [when the government abandoned reforms after weeks of transport strikes]. Once you give a sign like that, you tell the French clearly: If I do a reform that you don't like, you go into the street, I promise I'll withdraw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions For Maurice Lévy | 1/4/2007 | See Source »

...think an American director could tell the story of Iwo Jima from a Japanese perspective? I was curious to see how he would go about it. But even Japanese actors such as myself were entering unknown territory. We didn't know the way soldiers thought at that time or the extent of their patriotism. We told Clint that we had to diligently search for the truth and research historical fact, and he was very understanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions For Ken Watanabe | 1/4/2007 | See Source »

...soon to tell how effective these laws will be. "We're in the experimentation phase," Favre says. "We're taking the American approach of trying a hundred different things and then seeing what works best in 10 years." The Denver ordinance has survived court challenge, but earlier this year a Toledo, Ohio, ordinance that allowed only one pitbull per household was struck down by an appellate court, which said the law was unreasonable and discriminatory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cracking Down on Pet Owners | 1/2/2007 | See Source »

Marine Maj. Megan McClung could tell something was wrong when I appeared in her office at Camp Ramadi early in December. For starters, I looked terrible after a sleepless night that began with a freezing helicopter ride from Baghdad. And I couldn't hide the fear gnawing at me about my time ahead in Anbar Province, where U.S. forces suffer the highest casualty rates in Iraq. Indeed, I saw my first dead U.S. serviceman as I touched down in Ramadi, a shapeless form in a black body bag waiting in the dark to leave on one the Chinook helicopters that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Death Among 3,000 | 1/2/2007 | See Source »

...KNIGHT: I know what my legacy is. I've never cared what anybody else thought anyway. I'm very happy with what I contributed to the game of basketball. I care when I hear from old players that tell me how I helped them with the game of basketball or how the lessons helped them in life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Bobby Knight | 1/2/2007 | See Source »

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