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...much of Obama’s ability to obtain whites’ support was due to his unusual racial heritage—the grandparents from Kansas, the father in the United States on a student visa, the visible and unembarrassed biraciality? Is it now possible that white voters will be equally enthusiastic about an African American candidate descended from slaves...

Author: By Jennifer Hochschild | Title: Looking Backward and Forward from Election Day, 2008 | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...upgrade your room, the hotel will donate $25 to one of three local charities, including the Chicago Food Bank. Generosity must be contagious: Another Chicago hotel, Hotel Indigo, is handing guests $25 gift cards to Target or Best Buy. And Detroit-area Marriott hotels are giving away $25 Visa gift cards; they're also offering $94 weekend rates to entice you to stay (mention the code D53, when you call 800-228-9290 to book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel News: Cheap Helicopter Rides from JFK | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

...leak also awakened interest in Mandelson's dealings with Deripaska, a controversial figure whose multi-entry visa to the U.S. was revoked by the State Department in 2006. Mandelson and Deripaska have known each other for several years. Although invited to Corfu by his close friend Rothschild, Mandelson stayed on the oligarch's yacht because Rothschild's villa was full. In his E.U. post, Mandelson was theoretically in a position to assist the Russian's business interests. He angrily denied any impropriety in an interview with the BBC. "There has been innuendo in the newspapers that I gave favors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corfugate Scandal Cheers Gloomy Britons | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

...churned out novels to support herself while in film school. In 2002, she left Beijing for London, where she continued her film studies and began writing A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, a humorous novel about her struggles with the English language and a British paramour. An expired visa forced her to return to Beijing, where she put the novel on hold and made Concrete Revolution, a documentary about how the capital's ruthless physical transformation has affected residents and the rural laborers building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Capital Letters | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

...factually challenged book that accuses the Senator of, among other things, ties to militant Islam. But Corsi may have gone a little too far into enemy territory when he flew into Kenya, the birthplace of Obama's father. Kenyan immigration officials deported Corsi, they said, over problems with his visa. They made their move before Corsi was scheduled to give a press conference at which he promised to expose secret ties between Obama and Kenyan leaders, as well as a mysterious plot that would be launched should the Democratic nominee win the U.S. election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corsi in Kenya: Obama's Nation Boots Obama Nation Author | 10/7/2008 | See Source »

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