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Friedrich Engels, the son of a comfortable German family in the textile business who had been sent to work in Manchester, was just 24 when he wrote The Condition of the Working Class in England--a brilliant book whose subject would provide the factual underpinning to the analysis of capitalism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skimmer | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

Tougher sanctions are a key component of the U.S. strategy for curbing Iran's nuclear program, but the Obama Administration is facing growing difficulty in enlisting the international support necessary to make sanctions effective. Russia and China indicated earlier this month that they would not support a new round of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Germany Back Obama's Iran-Sanctions Coalition? | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

There's never a good time for scandal, but the departure Sept. 16 of two bosses from the Renault Formula One team over allegations the team had instructed one of its drivers to deliberately crash in a race last year couldn't have come at a worse time for the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Sports Cheats (That's You, Renault) Swindle Us All | 9/20/2009 | See Source »

Finally, it is worth noting that, to find the most striking source of unequal representation, one would need look no further than the Senate, which grants tremendously disproportionate voting power to inhabitants of small states. While this system is highly unlikely to change, given that it would require a constitutional...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Full House | 9/20/2009 | See Source »

That's unlikely to happen. Pyongyang has said it has no interest in ever returning to the six-party negotiations in which the U.S. enlisted South Korea, Japan, China and Russia as its negotiating partners. Pyongyang has always wanted to deal directly with Washington, as it did in 1994 when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talking with North Korea: What Can the U.S. Hope for? | 9/19/2009 | See Source »

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