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Dates: during 2000-2009
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I do not like Mr Berlusconi's public and personal behavior but I voted for him because there was no better alternative. I am happy with what his government has done so far, which is vastly more that any fractious, self-opinionated, center-left alliance did in the past. Many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Berlusconi's Success | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

By late morning, though, stocks were slumping. Commentators began to focus on concerns with the numbers. By the following Monday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was warning that "we still have some way to go before we can be assured that the recovery will be self-sustaining."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Real Jobless Rate | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

But skeptics say rumors of a struggle against Santa are an overheated response to the excesses of political correctness, fanned by what commentator Max Blumenthal called a "ratings bonanza for right-wing media." The last to wage war on Christmas were probably the Puritans, who in the 17th century banned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brief History: The War on Christmas | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

To borrow Tiger Woods' euphemism, athletes "transgress" so often that the candor of a confession can, when played right, trump the severity of the sin. Woods shanked his apology, practically inviting us to gawk as sponsors bury his ads and a succession of alleged paramours peddle accounts of their trysts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moment | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

A U.S. citizen raised in Pakistan was arrested in Chicago and charged with aiding the terrorists who killed more than 165 people in a November 2008 assault on Mumbai. David Headley, who has pleaded not guilty, allegedly surveilled potential targets for the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba. Meanwhile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

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