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...between periods, he thought, cause them trouble. I?m not sure that is true. Good times sometimes have a tendency to make Americans squalid. The worst times, as we see, separate the civilized of the world from the uncivilized. This is the moment of clarity. Let the civilized toughen up, and let the uncivilized take their chances in the game they started...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for Rage and Retribution | 9/12/2001 | See Source »

...This is the moment of clarity. Let the civilized toughen up, and let the uncivilized take their chances in the game they started...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for Rage and Retribution | 9/12/2001 | See Source »

...between periods, he thought, cause them trouble. I'm not sure that is true. Good times sometimes have a tendency to make Americans squalid. The worst times, as we see, separate the civilized of the world from the uncivilized. This is the moment of clarity. Let the civilized toughen up, and let the uncivilized take their chances in the game they started...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for Rage and Retribution | 9/12/2001 | See Source »

When the Secretary jumped out front on Iraq, pushing to "toughen" crumbling U.N. sanctions against old nemesis Saddam Hussein by making them "smarter," conservatives scoffed that meant weaker. But Powell persuaded the President--because, say aides and rivals alike, he's very effective when he "marshals his facts." The Administration--and Powell--was embarrassed later, when Russia rebuffed the plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Odd Man Out | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

...When the Secretary jumped out front on Iraq, pushing to "toughen" crumbling U.N. sanctions against old nemesis Saddam Hussein by making them "smarter," conservatives scoffed that meant weaker. But Powell persuaded the President?because, say aides and rivals alike, he's very effective when he "marshals his facts." The Administration?and Powell?was embarrassed later, when Russia rebuffed the plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Odd Man Out | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

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