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It was with all of these anxieties and prejudices that I approached Edward Snow’s new translation of Rainer Maria Rilke, the early 20th century poet who wrote in German (though he was born in Prague, at the time under Austro-Hungarian control). Before I evaluate the translation...

Author: By Adam L. Palay, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Revisiting Rilke's Translations | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

Nelson Mandela was still in jail when the first street was named after him. By the time he retired as President of South Africa, hundreds of streets, squares and schools bore his name, as did many more pop songs, books and movies. Not hard to understand. After all, Mandela, who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McMandela? Protecting the Brand of a Legend | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

No such system has ever really existed in Russia, and none had ever been promised in such terms. Talk-show hosts and columnists nearly lost their heads interpreting the paper. Was Medvedev actually taking a stand against Putin? Were they preparing to face off for the presidency in 2012? In...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medvedev Dashes Hopes for More Democracy in Russia | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

The deputies also called for the resignation of the head of the Central Election Commission, Vladimir Churov, who, in their view, epitomizes all that is wrong with Russia's electoral system. A bearded apparatchik with Coke-bottle glasses, Churov served under Putin in the St. Petersburg mayor's office in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medvedev Dashes Hopes for More Democracy in Russia | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

On Friday, the army said it had mounted the ridges around Sara Rogha, one of the three towns - along with Makeen and Laddha - that form a "triangle of militancy." After three earlier offensives that faltered, the army said it is demonstrating hardened resolve that will not let up. The last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Passports of Jihadis Found by Pakistani Army | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

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