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...different states have different rules governing this question. You can argue it either way, but it’s legitimate for each party to consider one national standard so that all states and election participants are treated the same way.Should states that hold caucuses be required to adopt a uniform set of rules for running those events? The large turnouts at the caucuses change the nature of those once-intimate events. Adjustments to be considered include ending same day registrations a week earlier rather than allow people to register at the caucus site. Overworked volunteers have been swamped by large...

Author: By David Yepsen | Title: If It Ain’t Broke... | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

...close to his chest. "But we are talking now," he added with a smile. "I will go back to Uganda when this war is finished. I will join the army - I will continue to defend my country." Then, the rebel in charge, identified not by his uniform - a Hawaiian shirt - but by the satellite phone dangling around his neck, ushered him away and he melted back into the bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uganda's Unfinished Peace | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

...while an undergraduate or graduate student and one as a prospective father. Both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush used their student deferments to remain in college until 1968. Clinton did not serve, and Bush was on active duty in the National Guard for two years. If time in uniform is any measure, Wright, much more than Cheney, Clinton or Bush, embodies Obama's ideal of "Americans [who] have shown their love of country by struggling and sacrificing and risking their lives to bring us that much closer to our founding promise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Understanding Black Patriotism | 4/24/2008 | See Source »

...long term, such self-improvement courses may not make or break a technology career. "No matter where you're working in the IT industry, in three to four years' time, everyone reaches a uniform level of sensitivity and an ability to communicate," says C. Mahalingam, chief people officer at training firm Symphony Services. But the basic principles the classes teach can help many get their foot in the door. "Everyone picks up these skills along the way," says Gerald Santiago, a Dale Carnegie student from Bangalore. "If you want to join the ranks, you must learn these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Bangalore | 4/24/2008 | See Source »

...night. Then I ran away. My heart pounded. I jumped out of a window from the first floor of a small building, and nothing happened to me. Only my lips were bitten so bad that they bled ... When I was already on the street, I ran into someone "in uniform," and I felt that I couldn't take it anymore. My head was spinning. I was pretty sure he was going to beat me ... but apparently he was drunk and didn't see the "yellow star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland's Anne Frank | 4/24/2008 | See Source »

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