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Politics was the bottom line, after all. Investors set off Brazil's crisis out of fear that the two leftist candidates leading in presidential election polls would reverse the country's laudable efforts to adopt free-market reforms. A Brazilian default could upset the tenuous U.S. recovery and cost U.S. Republicans in November's congressional elections. That vote also coincides with the start of new negotiations for a giant hemispheric free-trade pact. If Brazil's economy continues to melt down, those talks will implode, causing Bush political embarrassment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Lost Continent | 8/19/2002 | See Source »

...hometown who were coming to Carolina decided not to because of the reading requirement," says sophomore Sean Godley. "I can't help but wonder what would happen if they had us read parts of the Bible, and see the public outcry." Incoming freshman Robert Sullivan says he's upset about the extra work, "but I also feel it's a violation of church and state making us read about a religion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Kinder, Gentler Koran | 8/19/2002 | See Source »

Espinoza says his family back in the Mexican state of Sinaloa are upset with him for having put his most important goals on hold for tacos...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mexican Restaurant To Open in Square | 8/9/2002 | See Source »

...situation has gotten to the point where it’s intolerable,” Dukakis said. “People are upset and they have a right...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dukakis Praises Public Service, Covers Varied Topics in Discussion | 7/12/2002 | See Source »

...editors, though, are wimps. They were afraid that my pursuit of historical accuracy--killing a buffalo with a black-powder musket, for instance--would upset you. They were also concerned about the law, in terms of eating animals like grizzly bear, beaver, horse and whale. Worst of all, they certainly weren't going to let me eat dog. The Corps of Discovery reached the Upper Columbia during the run of the fall Chinook and coho salmon. But instead of eating the fish, they bought the local tribes' dogs for butchering. Bill Yallup Jr., a descendant of Lewis and Clark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Have You Ever Tried Ashcakes? | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

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