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This is the kind of remembering the Kremlin has yet to embrace. Memorials in Soviet times were monuments to national greatness: towering monoliths like Lyosha, the 115-ft. (35 m) statue of a soldier down the road from the future Kursk memorial. These Soviet-era monuments were designed to inculcate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remembering the Kursk in Murmansk | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

Witnessing this weakness was jarring for someone who adored her grandfather in a way overawed children often do, that sort of spell-bound attachment to things that seem rare and superhuman. My annual summer visits to my grandparents’ California home had always promised new examples of his ingenuity...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: Entrusted | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

10. Do these awful sales numbers jeopardize any aspect of the Obama rescue plan? Manufacturers insist that the latest car sales are a reflection of the underlying weakness of the U.S. economy. Bob Carter, head of the Toyota sales apparatus, notes that the Japanese automaker's sales totals continue to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Bad Are Auto Sales? 10 Questions and Answers | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

The feuding has now escalated to a brawl, as Piech has pounced on an unexpected weakness in Porsche's acquisition strategy. Wiedeking and Porsche CFO Holger Härter have been amassing the VW stake through a sophisticated options-trading strategy that has provided the company with massive profits over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why VW and Porsche are On a Collision Course | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

But in the longer term, the question could be less about how Europe responds to Iran, and more about how Iran tries to woo back Europe. "Iran is lashing out and fabricating various allegations. But this will harm Iran more than it harms the E.U.," says Sir Richard Dalton, associate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Should Europe Respond to Iran? | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

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