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Bush's ardor for the topic grew during a trip to Japan last month. He told aides that if Japan, which had little or no experience with democracy before World War II, could embrace the system, so could the people of the Middle East. The speech, written by Michael Gerson, went through 10 drafts, with input from Condoleezza Rice and other national-security aides. All were aware that Bush's words would implicitly criticize his father's Administration, among others, for its support of dictatorships: "Sixty years of excusing and accommodating ... did nothing to make us safe." After delivering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Sparked Bush's Democracy Speech? | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...service (registration is free but a credit-card number is required). Even the most determined searchers will not be allowed to see more than 20% of any single book. The idea is to turn us all into bibliophiles by showing just how many authors have written about whatever topic we desperately need to know more about. The first few pages are free. Once you're hooked, you'll have to charge it at the checkout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions: Smart Library | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

Lindsey and Salazar said they were motivated to pursue their topic because masturbation has sparked so much interest among so many people...

Author: By Nicole B. Urken, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: VES Video Excites Curiosity | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...fall day in 2000, George W. Bush was hard at work on the presidential campaign trail. He spoke to a crowd gathered in La Crosse, Wisc. on the topic of family values: “Families is where our nation finds hope,” Bush maintained, “where wings take dream.” The president’s soaring rhetoric is especially pertinent today, almost three years later, as American families face some of the highest unemployment rates and wage differentials in decades. Whatever he meant to say, it’s hard to imagine Bush...

Author: By Beccah G. Watson, | Title: Where Wings Take Dream | 11/14/2003 | See Source »

...playoffs),” Orleans wrote in an e-mail. “The presidents review this issue periodically, and in trying to find the right balance they are aware of, and consider, the views of administrators, coaches and athletes. While each Ivy president approaches this topic from his or her own personal and institutional perspective, there is at this time a clear consensus about Ivy teams not participating in the playoffs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ivy Presidents Listen Up: Football Needs Playoffs | 11/12/2003 | See Source »

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