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...Iraq, but since 2004 there has not been a repeat of pre-election terrorism. And in Spain, the country’s strategy seems, if anything, to have won it protection. Although the country has suffered from domestic terrorism (by ETA, a Basque nationalist group), it has not been victim to an Al-Qaeda terrorist attack or plot since withdrawal from Iraq. The only effect that withdrawing from Iraq had on Spain was that it saved Spanish lives and resources.Between 2004 and the present, on the other hand, the U.S. has lost much. U.S. public opinion is not in favor...

Author: By Justine R. Lescroart | Title: Better Late than Never | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

...seen," he said, and the foreign investment in the Chinese economy may sound huge but still represents only 10% of total investment. That suggests China is less dependent on foreign investment for its growth than other Asian economies have been and thus is less likely to fall victim to the meltdown that hit them in the 1990s, when investment dried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Board of Economists: Growing, At Last | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

Shakespeare is so pervasive, so entrenched in Western cultural life, that his plays can sometimes be overzealously adopted by directors looking for a blank slate. Ophelia the flapper! Macbeth the CEO! King Henry IV the Quarterback! Perhaps no playwright is more frequently a victim of hyper-ambitious, conceptual updates...

Author: By Richard S. Beck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Torpor Clouds a Strong ‘Tempest’ | 11/13/2007 | See Source »

...violence that has long plagued the Italian soccer league left another victim dead on Sunday, shot at a highway rest stop, and dozens of police and team supporters injured in subsequent rioting. Gabriele Sandri, a 26-year-old fan of the Rome-based team Lazio, was shot through the neck Sunday by a highway police officer at a Tuscan branch of the Autogrill restaurant chain after a brawl erupted between their fans and the Juventus supporters who'd crossed paths on their way to their respective teams' road games in different cities. The bad news about the shocking incident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Italian Soccer Fan's Death | 11/12/2007 | See Source »

...marriage is one of the chief conservative counts against her. Whereas her supporters see a messy union that Hillary has valiantly preserved under extreme provocation, conservatives see a corrupt bargain. She has certainly been as much enabler as victim of Bill's infidelities; her instinct has always been to attack any of his paramours who go public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viewpoint: The World of Hillary Hatred | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

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