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...Sestak is a surprising candidate in many ways. He is a passionate speaker-not your usual stoic military man-who can wax overly melodramatic at times. His Navy friends describe him as brilliant but impossibly demanding. He has a sophisticated grasp of national-security issues, which makes his closely argued support for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2007 quite compelling. But Sestak spends more time on the stump talking about domestic affairs than foreign policy. Asked about health insurance at a house party in Middletown, he said he was very interested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Pennsylvania, it's the Admiral Vs. the Firefighter | 9/17/2006 | See Source »

...surprised that we were provided with metal eating utensils, including a serrated knife. If a couple of box cutters brought down the World Trade Center nearly five years ago, doesn't someone out there have any sense by now not to provide metal eating utensils to passengers? Paul S. Wax Teaneck, New Jersey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/11/2006 | See Source »

...very affluent household, and the woman was beautiful. She's married, has a couple of kids. We're talking in the house, and she looks at me, and she says, "Wanna go to the bedroom?" And we went up to the bedroom, and I watched her wax her furniture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Michael Silverstein | 9/11/2006 | See Source »

...surprised that we were provided with metal eating utensils, including a serrated knife. If a couple of box cutters brought down the World Trade Center nearly five years ago, doesn't someone out there have any sense by now not to provide metal eating utensils to passengers? PAUL S. WAX Teaneck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 11, 2006 | 9/3/2006 | See Source »

...President in American history. "For most of my working life, I was the youngest person doing whatever I was doing, then one day I woke up and I was the oldest person in the room," he told the International AIDS Conference in Toronto last week. Although he may wax nostalgic for years past, he has also been keeping an eye on his future. Ever since he left office, the former President has been on an almost non-stop energetic search for meaning in his second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill Clinton's Second Act | 8/23/2006 | See Source »

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