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...manages to make the trip worthwhile. Remember that, no matter who you are, you have had a Baxter moment. Whether you stayed up all night helping that pretty girl finish her problem set, who then didn’t remember your name the next day, or you tried in vain the catch the eye of that hot guy at last year’s party, Elliot’s story is familar, but well-told enough by Showalter to give everyone hope...

Author: By Faith O. Imafidon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

...world, and we here in Europe are with you in the U.S. The suffering in the wake of Katrina will not have been in vain if it helps bring Americans and the Bush Administration to their senses about climate change. The U.S. should either ratify the Kyoto Protocol or propose an equally effective alternative. Promoting technological innovation to reduce climate change without reducing greenhouse gas emissions will not eliminate the risk of more Katrinas. When bankruptcy threatens, one does not simply study how to cut expenses; one actually cuts expenses. Besides, there is no better incentive for technological innovation than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/26/2005 | See Source »

...stealing from unguarded shops. Aren't they ashamed? I thought Americans were more considerate of those in trouble. Makoto Takahashi Yokohama, Japan It's one world, and we here in Europe are with you in the U.S. The suffering in the wake of Katrina will not have been in vain if it helps bring Americans and the Bush Administration to their senses about climate change. The U.S. should either ratify the Kyoto Protocol or propose an equally effective alternative. Promoting technological innovation to reduce climate change without reducing greenhouse-gas emissions will not eliminate the risk of more Katrinas. When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An American Tragedy | 9/19/2005 | See Source »

...divisive. Conservative commentator Michelle Malkin has called the protesters "terrorist-sympathizing agitators." But at a time when 56% of the respondents in a CNN poll say they think the war is going poorly, this wandering mother has tapped into a national well of worry: Are our troops dying in vain? "People were looking for something to do," says Sheehan. Now they are calling to see whether they can sign over their Social Security checks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mother And the President | 8/15/2005 | See Source »

...when the going gets tough. Even if tough means that soldiers are going to die." Harting thinks that instead of protesting, Sheehan should take solace in knowing that a soldier's job is to follow the President no matter what. "Her son's life could never have been in vain," she says. "It's sad she can't see that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: United in Pain, Divided Over the War | 8/14/2005 | See Source »

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