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...heard the New Testament story about Jesus calming the storm, right? The one from the Gospel of Matthew, in which the Apostles wake Jesus from a nap while waves almost ravage their boat. According to one version, it goes, "Jesus awoke and asked them, 'Are y'all doubters out there pouting for real/ What's the deal?/ Where's all that faith you always talking about when I'm not around?/ How you gone' doubt right now?/ Check this out/ ... I'm talking to the waters and clouds/ Rain and wind, y'all both calm down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glossy Scripture | 8/7/2005 | See Source »

...destroy our way of life" and "They hate our freedom." We are the worst kind of trespassers, with no legitimate business in Middle Eastern countries. The West is driven by a hunger for their oil. We continue to deal with unscrupulous royalty while the death toll rises. We must wake up and get out of the Middle East. Emily Zermeno Houston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 8/6/2005 | See Source »

...illegal activities are not to be allowed and will be punished in accordance with laws." COMMENTARY on the front page of China's state-owned People's Daily, warning citizens not to disrupt social stability in the wake of a series of violent protests across the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 8/1/2005 | See Source »

...joke to most of our country's 160 million people. The sole beneficiary of skyrocketing property prices is the group composed of the ruling ?lite and the wealthy. They made fortunes in a very short span. But most middle-class Pakistanis are left with only ruined hopes. In the wake of rising inflation, a lackluster job market and stagnant salaries, a salaried worker can never think of buying an apartment or a modest house in his lifetime. Millions will have to forgo that dream. The gap between rich and poor is reaching dangerous proportions. It is a ticking time bomb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 8/1/2005 | See Source »

...drains? Where were the police, the ambulances, the army? Ramila Sreedhar, a window-blind manufacturer from Madras, fretted about how the disaster would look to foreign investors. "They'll go back home and say, 'Forget India. They're 50 years behind'." That's the thing about dreaming: Eventually, you wake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: E-mail From Bombay: Drenched Dreams | 7/29/2005 | See Source »

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