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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...told in no uncertain terms not to see her. I was hoping he was on the Appalachian Trail. But I was not worried about his safety. I was hoping he was doing some real soul-searching somewhere and was devastated to find out it was Argentina. It's tragic." - In an interview two days after her husband's press conference (AP, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jenny Sanford | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...While it is not the course I would have hoped for or would choose, I want to take full responsibility for the moral failure that led us to this tragic point. Jenny is a great person and has been a remarkable wife, mother and First Lady." - Mark Sanford, in a statement, reacting to his wife's decision to file for divorce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jenny Sanford | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...brightest star in the pantheon, and he died a tragic death,” said Vice Chair of The Crimson’s Graduate Board Francis J. Connolly ’79, “and certainly it is appropriate to find ways to honor such a distinguished journalist...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Plympton Street To Retain Name | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...cost of the tragic blunder to Merkel's government could take longer to assess. A parliamentary commission is set to investigate the air strike next week, and Germany's current Defense Minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, one of the country's most popular politicians, has already been forced into an embarrassing repudiation of his statement last month that the air strike had been "militarily appropriate." (Read "Much Work Ahead for German Chancellor Merkel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anger Mounts in Germany Over Its Afghan Air Strike | 12/10/2009 | See Source »

...This is a tragic society," Taiwan's Health Minister Yaung Chih-liang proclaimed in a Nov. 28 speech at the National Science and Technology Museum. He warned that if the island continues on this track, the population would experience a future labor shortage and that the next generation of children would have significant difficulty covering the health costs of their aging parents. That intense financial pressure, he said, could raise the future suicide rate. The Education Minister, in a separate statement, predicted that one-third of Taiwan's colleges will close in just 12 years if the trend continues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Has Taiwan's Birthrate Dropped So Low? | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

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