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Not so, says Christian Girard, a 19-year-old high school senior who is the vice-president of SVP's youth section in Geneva and supports the initiative. "Direct democracy has been a Swiss tradition for 150 years and we know how to vote responsibly," he says. "Naturalization must be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Decides Who Is Swiss? | 5/20/2008 | See Source »

Matthey says that the SVP neglects the fact that Switzerland needs immigrants to boost its labor force, and, in fact, the country has a long tradition of opening its borders to immigrants and refugees; at present, some 22% of the population is foreign-born, one of the highest rates in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Decides Who Is Swiss? | 5/20/2008 | See Source »

Big Jack raised the profile of the coach by demanding he receive the same salary as his highest-paid player, and by insisting on the American tradition that the coach - who lives and dies on results - should select his own staff and teams. Former coaching colleague Roy Masters called him...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Professional: Jack Gibson 1929-2008 | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

Because of Frank, it was also possible to make sense of Robert Adams when he came along in the 1970s to plant the flag of art at the edge of civilization, meaning the fast-growing townlets eating up Colorado. The great tradition of Western landscape photography, the one stretching from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Reissued Photography Books Reconsidered | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

And although he confirmed an adviser's caution that Kagyu leaders have no tradition of engaging in politics, he noted, "As far as I'm concerned, the situation in Tibet, particularly the political situation, has reached a level of emergency." He sees his teacher as a major player in dealing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Next Top Lama | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

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